I remember this song somehow, being played in the car during the 1990s. I liked this song.
Why?
It described how secondary school life ends and we graduated to move on to university life in different places of the world or country then get jobs or careers. Also one main point of this song is Friends Forever, meaning friendship is forever and never ending and will never be forgotten! So I'd deddicate this song to all my friends [reads list].
Who are...
my three best amigoes: Alvin Lee, Hamizan, Lukman.
my other friends from my year group: Anthoney, Hilmi, Lin Ji, Bazlaa, Stanly, Christina, Afiqah, Shaun Lee, Rory, Nicholas, Muhaimin, Chui San, Raushan.
In School (other than my year group: Patrick, Miao, Nicholas Ho, Soon Lin, Casey, Zachery, Wendy, , Micheal, Danial (year 8/9), Yazid, Azim, Maple, Aaron, Sonny.
BGIC V: Angelina, Lu Wee, Geokyin, Jarrod, Panit, Pao, Nazeruul, Aron.
Old Friends from child hood and former classmates and outside school: Nikki, Michael Lam, Hafiz, Mikko, Aarik, Ahmad, Trip, Sameer, Yuki, Naji, Lydia(my Neighbor), Mytizu, Church Choir, Dillon, Matthew Smith, Bernie, Brandon, Dexter, my childhood friends whose names I somewhat forgot.
So my friends who are visiting this blog, please do listen to this song. And this song is for YOU!
Friends Forever (Graduation)
Vitamin C
And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love
But it came too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels
Chorus:
As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come Whatever
We will still be
Friends Forever
So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels
[Repeat Chorus]
La, la, la, la:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la:
We will still be friends forever
Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
My Childhood
This post will be about my childhood where I'll be using a heap use of my long term memories!
My childhood, I remember myself being a little shy and quiet boy but gets hyper when people get to know me better. I was born as an only child, I'm a caesarean..in other words in Shakespeare's Macbeth "I was not born of man, I was ripped out of my mother's womb". And I have a mark of the scare same as my mother's, the scar on my lower stomach is not a wound but a mark...So whenever I look at it, it reminds me of where I was born. While my mom bares the scar on her lower stomach, whenever she shows it to me, it reminds me where i came from.
I before I turned 1, I stayed in brunei for one year where my parents took wonderful cute and playful and as well hilarious pictures of me! especially one was me so tiny and small...a size of a coke/pepsi bottle! and weight? really light! and look in contrast to me now! big and quite fat!
I remember growing up abit in philippines for 2 years (age 2 to 3, 1991 to 1992), where I enjoyed living with my uncles and aunts and also most of all my grandparents. I really enjoyed it, well despite their difficulty of what am I saying to them, like for example the movie Problem Child, I'd say it as Boochichi...So they're confused by my loosely speaking mispronounciations as a kid. My yeash, yes, nope and no were Yes way and no way. I also remember that I'm scared of Mcdonald's Mascots, where I was in a birthday party (which I don't know whose by the way)..I was scared by that weird purple monster!
Now after 2 years in philippines I moved to Brunei, back with my parents where I then now spent all my years in brunei. Where I studied in Sunshine for reception and kindy up to year 1. Great memories in sunshine (1993 to 1995/6), I was like I said a shy and quiet boy. I enjoyed sunshine, I had little friends! One I remember two girls (whom I met recently in past 2 years ago, one was still shorter than me and the other well I dunno changed alot?), I also remember some chinese faces during kindy and year 1 but barely recall them, and my best friends was my neighbor (who aren't my best friends today) and in school my childhood best friends were those two girls and a bruneian boy whom I can't remember well but I remember we had a heck load of fun! In kindy was slightly a bullyish kid, addicted to normal cartoons of the 90's garfield, little lulu, the old cartoon network's cartoons, power rangers, barney, tom and jerry, charlie brown, bugs bunny and co. cartoons and my first anime! Cha Cha and Ranma 1/2, also disney movies, and a heck loads of cartoons from cartoon network! And so after 3 years in Sunshine School, I moved to ISB where I stayed for almost my whole life in that school. By the way, my favorite books was those disney movies story books with pictures! And I was addicted to Michael Jackson before turning Jacko, also addicted to the backstreet boys songs and some oldies songs...also some 90's songs as well.
I'll talk about ISB in primary years up to early secondary years. 1995/6 to 2008...about 7 or 8 years in ISB. Primary year 2 to 6 was my favorite years! lots of freetime, books with pictures! very little homework! only got one detention just because of looking at a helicopter land and take off. I made so many friends! I could name some but it's just too many to mention! But today some of those friends are gone and I miss them...hopefully they remember me at least. I took dance lessons and Tae Kwan Do lessons, also keyboard lessons and japanese or chinese drawing club where I drew this siamese cat and i don't know where I put that picture. I joined lots of clubs you know! I took part in basketball also! This is also where I got addicted to pokemon and anime during these late years of primary and early years of secondary life. Secondary I took part in very little clubs because I wanted to take a break after school and I only joined like ESL clubs and some sports like squash...so yea as you can see I was quite fit. I loved books too, I borrowed lots of books in the Library. I read Goosebumps, Astrix, Animorphs, ESL books and many more! I'm still a bookworm as I am today!
So there you have it, those years was fun and I miss it. Now well life is going to change very much when entering university life. Social status separation i sense in philippine universities, likewise whose who in the popularity and fraternities which is I am not going to join those frats. They're unhonorable, they're not my way of life. And I won't even care a dime for popularity, popularity is biased and it's a virus! that's why favoritism must be banned in all cases as well popularity must go bye bye!
Facts of my Childhood:
- I moved houses alot, I mean seriously alot of times! but now I live a government flat in Kiarong and currently this is the longest time I stayed for all my life!
- Experienced nearly losing a dad due to smoking
- Sacred of mascots
- Loved fastfood but now I don't
- I was extremely fit but now I love food and gained some weight
- Some things never changed, Books, gaming, shyness, nervousness and quietness
- Got glasses when I was in year 3 (1997) due to over use of the Mac computer
- I enjoyed doing clubs
- I always enjoy a small group of friends other than a large group of friends
- I liked football when I was in sunshine but haven't got a clue who support until year 4 in ISB where I deceided to support Liverpool because the book I read on football had pictures of liverpool.
- I like basketball only when i'm philippines and now I ocasionally play it
- I'm a crybaby and very sensitive
- I liked buying toys
- I liked books and comic books, I still have my spiderman and batman comics.
- Disney movies were my favorites.
- Been told that my mom watched japanese soap opreas in RTB before I was born, no wonder I'm addicted to Japan
- I lost a faternal mother in year 2002....despite knowing her in 2001 and also learning that I actually have chinese blood from both my maternal and faternal mothers, both filipino-chinese, faternal knows how to speak chinese while maternal doesn't...so I'm currently the member of this family who keyi shou hanyu. In my opinion, she died a happy, peaceful and natural death, why? she finally got to see her grandson through my dad..so she's happy and now my her soul rest in peace...(give me a quiet moment)
- I now don't have and faternal grandparents...I only got to knew my faternal mother while my faternal father died earlier.
here's the 2006 family picture...
Anyways enjoy your day and have a extremely nice one too!
My childhood, I remember myself being a little shy and quiet boy but gets hyper when people get to know me better. I was born as an only child, I'm a caesarean..in other words in Shakespeare's Macbeth "I was not born of man, I was ripped out of my mother's womb". And I have a mark of the scare same as my mother's, the scar on my lower stomach is not a wound but a mark...So whenever I look at it, it reminds me of where I was born. While my mom bares the scar on her lower stomach, whenever she shows it to me, it reminds me where i came from.
I before I turned 1, I stayed in brunei for one year where my parents took wonderful cute and playful and as well hilarious pictures of me! especially one was me so tiny and small...a size of a coke/pepsi bottle! and weight? really light! and look in contrast to me now! big and quite fat!
I remember growing up abit in philippines for 2 years (age 2 to 3, 1991 to 1992), where I enjoyed living with my uncles and aunts and also most of all my grandparents. I really enjoyed it, well despite their difficulty of what am I saying to them, like for example the movie Problem Child, I'd say it as Boochichi...So they're confused by my loosely speaking mispronounciations as a kid. My yeash, yes, nope and no were Yes way and no way. I also remember that I'm scared of Mcdonald's Mascots, where I was in a birthday party (which I don't know whose by the way)..I was scared by that weird purple monster!
Now after 2 years in philippines I moved to Brunei, back with my parents where I then now spent all my years in brunei. Where I studied in Sunshine for reception and kindy up to year 1. Great memories in sunshine (1993 to 1995/6), I was like I said a shy and quiet boy. I enjoyed sunshine, I had little friends! One I remember two girls (whom I met recently in past 2 years ago, one was still shorter than me and the other well I dunno changed alot?), I also remember some chinese faces during kindy and year 1 but barely recall them, and my best friends was my neighbor (who aren't my best friends today) and in school my childhood best friends were those two girls and a bruneian boy whom I can't remember well but I remember we had a heck load of fun! In kindy was slightly a bullyish kid, addicted to normal cartoons of the 90's garfield, little lulu, the old cartoon network's cartoons, power rangers, barney, tom and jerry, charlie brown, bugs bunny and co. cartoons and my first anime! Cha Cha and Ranma 1/2, also disney movies, and a heck loads of cartoons from cartoon network! And so after 3 years in Sunshine School, I moved to ISB where I stayed for almost my whole life in that school. By the way, my favorite books was those disney movies story books with pictures! And I was addicted to Michael Jackson before turning Jacko, also addicted to the backstreet boys songs and some oldies songs...also some 90's songs as well.
I'll talk about ISB in primary years up to early secondary years. 1995/6 to 2008...about 7 or 8 years in ISB. Primary year 2 to 6 was my favorite years! lots of freetime, books with pictures! very little homework! only got one detention just because of looking at a helicopter land and take off. I made so many friends! I could name some but it's just too many to mention! But today some of those friends are gone and I miss them...hopefully they remember me at least. I took dance lessons and Tae Kwan Do lessons, also keyboard lessons and japanese or chinese drawing club where I drew this siamese cat and i don't know where I put that picture. I joined lots of clubs you know! I took part in basketball also! This is also where I got addicted to pokemon and anime during these late years of primary and early years of secondary life. Secondary I took part in very little clubs because I wanted to take a break after school and I only joined like ESL clubs and some sports like squash...so yea as you can see I was quite fit. I loved books too, I borrowed lots of books in the Library. I read Goosebumps, Astrix, Animorphs, ESL books and many more! I'm still a bookworm as I am today!
So there you have it, those years was fun and I miss it. Now well life is going to change very much when entering university life. Social status separation i sense in philippine universities, likewise whose who in the popularity and fraternities which is I am not going to join those frats. They're unhonorable, they're not my way of life. And I won't even care a dime for popularity, popularity is biased and it's a virus! that's why favoritism must be banned in all cases as well popularity must go bye bye!
Facts of my Childhood:
- I moved houses alot, I mean seriously alot of times! but now I live a government flat in Kiarong and currently this is the longest time I stayed for all my life!
- Experienced nearly losing a dad due to smoking
- Sacred of mascots
- Loved fastfood but now I don't
- I was extremely fit but now I love food and gained some weight
- Some things never changed, Books, gaming, shyness, nervousness and quietness
- Got glasses when I was in year 3 (1997) due to over use of the Mac computer
- I enjoyed doing clubs
- I always enjoy a small group of friends other than a large group of friends
- I liked football when I was in sunshine but haven't got a clue who support until year 4 in ISB where I deceided to support Liverpool because the book I read on football had pictures of liverpool.
- I like basketball only when i'm philippines and now I ocasionally play it
- I'm a crybaby and very sensitive
- I liked buying toys
- I liked books and comic books, I still have my spiderman and batman comics.
- Disney movies were my favorites.
- Been told that my mom watched japanese soap opreas in RTB before I was born, no wonder I'm addicted to Japan
- I lost a faternal mother in year 2002....despite knowing her in 2001 and also learning that I actually have chinese blood from both my maternal and faternal mothers, both filipino-chinese, faternal knows how to speak chinese while maternal doesn't...so I'm currently the member of this family who keyi shou hanyu. In my opinion, she died a happy, peaceful and natural death, why? she finally got to see her grandson through my dad..so she's happy and now my her soul rest in peace...(give me a quiet moment)
- I now don't have and faternal grandparents...I only got to knew my faternal mother while my faternal father died earlier.
here's the 2006 family picture...
Anyways enjoy your day and have a extremely nice one too!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Vocals Test
I passed my vocal tests! I got a 8 out of 10 instead of 9 out of 10 as my grade. Why 8 instead of 9? I was nervous, so yeash my nervousness let my grade go down by one which kinda sucky. But I got really good comments! I got a tune and pitching of voice. Got a really good vibrato technique. My voice is really nice and if I get rid of my nervousness the power and loudness of my voice will be loud and able to hit the high notes! so yea I passed and got my certificate!
Now my recitals is this april 25/26/27 at night, the song I might be doing is Home by Michael Buble, To where you are by Josh Groban or the one I did for my test which is The Warrior is A Child by Gary Valenciano. So yea one of those three I'll be singing..
So before that I got to get rid of my nervousness! I'm a nervous person you know? when I talk I can be nervous sometimes but when I get to know you more I won't be nervous..but IF it's orals and I know the teacher, I get nervous! because of course I'll be cautious on what I'm going to say...like in my final mandarin orals, I didn't get the last question laoshi asked me because I cramped everything in while I forgot to cram one topic! aiya...aiyo...oh well at least I pass!
Anyways See you soon
Now my recitals is this april 25/26/27 at night, the song I might be doing is Home by Michael Buble, To where you are by Josh Groban or the one I did for my test which is The Warrior is A Child by Gary Valenciano. So yea one of those three I'll be singing..
So before that I got to get rid of my nervousness! I'm a nervous person you know? when I talk I can be nervous sometimes but when I get to know you more I won't be nervous..but IF it's orals and I know the teacher, I get nervous! because of course I'll be cautious on what I'm going to say...like in my final mandarin orals, I didn't get the last question laoshi asked me because I cramped everything in while I forgot to cram one topic! aiya...aiyo...oh well at least I pass!
Anyways See you soon
Facebook and Air Beds
Facts about Facebook
-a boredom killer
-addictive
-other social networking sites like friendster and myspace are copying
-There's something about facebook that really wants you go in there and do something
-A fun way to give free gifts and greeting cards
-be creative, the super and fun wall, stickerz and sticky apps
-fun quizes on which you are
-Networking, there are loads of networks
-Wall-to-wall makes it look like you're chatting with someone
-games, a heck load of games to kill of boredom
-and finally, it really rocks and addictive!
Pros and Cons of sleeping on a Air Bed in the Living room
+get to watch tv
+get to read a book
+get to eat early
+comfy
+get to lay down on the bed while watching or reading
+bouncy
+makes you feel sleeping
+get to wake up earlier
-Too noisey when someone switched on the tv while you're still sleeping
-annoying when someone switched one the lights
-too noisey when people are banging cabinets while changing
-might get stepped on while you're still sounded asleep
-a boredom killer
-addictive
-other social networking sites like friendster and myspace are copying
-There's something about facebook that really wants you go in there and do something
-A fun way to give free gifts and greeting cards
-be creative, the super and fun wall, stickerz and sticky apps
-fun quizes on which you are
-Networking, there are loads of networks
-Wall-to-wall makes it look like you're chatting with someone
-games, a heck load of games to kill of boredom
-and finally, it really rocks and addictive!
Pros and Cons of sleeping on a Air Bed in the Living room
+get to watch tv
+get to read a book
+get to eat early
+comfy
+get to lay down on the bed while watching or reading
+bouncy
+makes you feel sleeping
+get to wake up earlier
-Too noisey when someone switched on the tv while you're still sleeping
-annoying when someone switched one the lights
-too noisey when people are banging cabinets while changing
-might get stepped on while you're still sounded asleep
Let it be
Just let it be when you find yourself in times trouble
Just let it be when you find yourself in time of darkness
Why?
Sometimes got to let it be, just let it be.
Forget the insults, problems, trouble, downs and discrimation, and just say Let it be.
We got to let it be from time to time as the world is round and there is karma.
We'll let time pass by and let time do it to our enemies as we say and sing Let it be.
Remember we got to Let it be, Let it be. Just let it be.
So my message is Let it be everyone when you're times of downs, trouble and darkness. Because we got to let it be from time to time.
Just let it be when you find yourself in time of darkness
Why?
Sometimes got to let it be, just let it be.
Forget the insults, problems, trouble, downs and discrimation, and just say Let it be.
We got to let it be from time to time as the world is round and there is karma.
We'll let time pass by and let time do it to our enemies as we say and sing Let it be.
Remember we got to Let it be, Let it be. Just let it be.
So my message is Let it be everyone when you're times of downs, trouble and darkness. Because we got to let it be from time to time.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Air Beds
Air beds are comfortable and very comfy when you sleep on them! I soundly asleep on the air bed in living room and it's like lying on a air!
Okay a quick a updato! Air Beds ARE AWESOME! seriously go get one! it's soo nice! Okay went to the Giant and dashed straight to bookshop to put books to buy list for april after finishing two books...so golden compass, the historian, kite runner, thousand pieces of gold is glittering towards my eyes! and No I didn't buy any as I resisted my temptation to buy those! Went grovery shopping, where I bought a double air bed (I only had single at first but I'm fat [average fat not obese fat just above the average medium size man] so I need a double so i can move around), new set of chopsticks to bring to philippines and fish fillets as I feel fishy in cooking soon. And plus other stuff my parents picked out. Now at the counter, the lady didn't punched in about 5 items of groceries! I'm serious! I was being a good samaritan but my mom stopped me! so we got 5 item for free! [grins] A free double air bed!
Japanese is getting confusing as we enter time topic and ended the where, here, there and where you from topic. Time is confusing, my brain was muddled up with ~fun and ~pun! but I was able to reassemble my mind and focused well enough to understand it!
I got vocals test tomoorrow, I memorized Can You Feel the Love tonight? by Elton John, The Warrior is A Child by Gary Valenciano and Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. I memorized all of them to my heart, even the tuning! soo I'm quite confident and I must think it's just another lesson not a test...if I think it's a test I'll go out of tune and forget some lines! so stay focus!
I'll be going book hunting to today, late afternoon, where I'll search for The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha and Joy Luck Club, I haven't found any of them in Best Eastern...So I'm hoping my luck will change when I go to booker and hope to find those three. Also give the list to Best Eastern sales lady in the mall, which the books I'll be buying all of them this April before packing all the books to send them.
When I'm leaving? Wednesday 7th May 2008, a late night flight, I leave around 10pm and arrive at philippines around 1am...I know it's really late..
Plans in april:
- Maybe go to labuan or KK haishi Miri
- Recitals in the final week of april
- Upgrade my laptop
- Buy all the books I reserved
- EAT
- READ
- Pack
- Japanese TEST! First week of april!
- Go to school borrow mandarin CDs from Tsui Laoshi
- Cry
- Cry more
- Find Inspiration to end my mental block
- Download Naruto Shippuuden
- Buy the newest set of Naruto
- Watch mythbusters 12pm and 5pm and 10pm
- More Reading, increase speed of reading!
Just hoping we could relive the past by looking back on how far we got to now.
Photographs and Pictures of the past are the glorious as immaculate they are when your eyes glitter with the memories.
Value Memories. Value Family. Value Friendship. Endless
Okay a quick a updato! Air Beds ARE AWESOME! seriously go get one! it's soo nice! Okay went to the Giant and dashed straight to bookshop to put books to buy list for april after finishing two books...so golden compass, the historian, kite runner, thousand pieces of gold is glittering towards my eyes! and No I didn't buy any as I resisted my temptation to buy those! Went grovery shopping, where I bought a double air bed (I only had single at first but I'm fat [average fat not obese fat just above the average medium size man] so I need a double so i can move around), new set of chopsticks to bring to philippines and fish fillets as I feel fishy in cooking soon. And plus other stuff my parents picked out. Now at the counter, the lady didn't punched in about 5 items of groceries! I'm serious! I was being a good samaritan but my mom stopped me! so we got 5 item for free! [grins] A free double air bed!
Japanese is getting confusing as we enter time topic and ended the where, here, there and where you from topic. Time is confusing, my brain was muddled up with ~fun and ~pun! but I was able to reassemble my mind and focused well enough to understand it!
I got vocals test tomoorrow, I memorized Can You Feel the Love tonight? by Elton John, The Warrior is A Child by Gary Valenciano and Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. I memorized all of them to my heart, even the tuning! soo I'm quite confident and I must think it's just another lesson not a test...if I think it's a test I'll go out of tune and forget some lines! so stay focus!
I'll be going book hunting to today, late afternoon, where I'll search for The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha and Joy Luck Club, I haven't found any of them in Best Eastern...So I'm hoping my luck will change when I go to booker and hope to find those three. Also give the list to Best Eastern sales lady in the mall, which the books I'll be buying all of them this April before packing all the books to send them.
When I'm leaving? Wednesday 7th May 2008, a late night flight, I leave around 10pm and arrive at philippines around 1am...I know it's really late..
Plans in april:
- Maybe go to labuan or KK haishi Miri
- Recitals in the final week of april
- Upgrade my laptop
- Buy all the books I reserved
- EAT
- READ
- Pack
- Japanese TEST! First week of april!
- Go to school borrow mandarin CDs from Tsui Laoshi
- Cry
- Cry more
- Find Inspiration to end my mental block
- Download Naruto Shippuuden
- Buy the newest set of Naruto
- Watch mythbusters 12pm and 5pm and 10pm
- More Reading, increase speed of reading!
Just hoping we could relive the past by looking back on how far we got to now.
Photographs and Pictures of the past are the glorious as immaculate they are when your eyes glitter with the memories.
Value Memories. Value Family. Value Friendship. Endless
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Visa
Today I woke up early around 7am, got up early to re-new my visiting visa. So all day I was in Minitry of Health getting a letter because my mom works as a nurse and the letter is permission to allow me to stay in brunei abit more longer! So all day I was reading American Gods which I started to read last night after finishing Hundred Secret Senses. So read read!
Anyways I got my visiting visa extended and including a visiting visa with multiple entry....meaning I get to go to Miri, KK or anywhere near brunei (or in other words Malaysia)! I told my mom it's a VERY long time I haven't been to KK and Miri, miri since I was 10 or 11 while KK since I was 15..so Miri maybe and KK maybe...by car...it's risky since cars being stolen is a danger (with my book in it)...so maybe, I might be travelling this april! maybe before the vocals recital [I'll give you dates to invite people to come].
Also today discovered and found another two books i was looking for [which I didn't add to the list], I found Masks and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman and Tuesdays with Morrie. Sooo tempting to buy the book but, nay I didn't buy it I resisted the temptation! because I'll be buying those reserved books this second week of April, where I'll be sure I've packed a lot of books to be sent to philippines for my library!
So I gotta go off and read american gods! it's getting weird and suspensive!
[Note:I'll blog about wo de jia ye wo de tou fa (my family and my hair). I know it's weird but I'll show you my hairdos since 2006 BGIC V up to now! I'll blog this around this friday or next week]
Anyways I got my visiting visa extended and including a visiting visa with multiple entry....meaning I get to go to Miri, KK or anywhere near brunei (or in other words Malaysia)! I told my mom it's a VERY long time I haven't been to KK and Miri, miri since I was 10 or 11 while KK since I was 15..so Miri maybe and KK maybe...by car...it's risky since cars being stolen is a danger (with my book in it)...so maybe, I might be travelling this april! maybe before the vocals recital [I'll give you dates to invite people to come].
Also today discovered and found another two books i was looking for [which I didn't add to the list], I found Masks and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman and Tuesdays with Morrie. Sooo tempting to buy the book but, nay I didn't buy it I resisted the temptation! because I'll be buying those reserved books this second week of April, where I'll be sure I've packed a lot of books to be sent to philippines for my library!
So I gotta go off and read american gods! it's getting weird and suspensive!
[Note:I'll blog about wo de jia ye wo de tou fa (my family and my hair). I know it's weird but I'll show you my hairdos since 2006 BGIC V up to now! I'll blog this around this friday or next week]
Love Song by Bareilles
I'm very addicted to this song by Sarah Bareilles! It's called Love Song. Here's the lyrics:
Head underwater
And you tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder
Even I know that
You made room for me, it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold onto
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you asked for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you wanna hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under you
And your twisted words
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
Convince me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you asked for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say
I won't write you a love song
Cause you ask for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this
Is that why you wanted a love song?
Cause you asked for it cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute babe
I would walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to write you a love song today
Today
Head underwater
And you tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder
Even I know that
You made room for me, it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold onto
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you asked for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you wanna hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under you
And your twisted words
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
Convince me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you asked for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say
I won't write you a love song
Cause you ask for it cause you need one
You see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this
Is that why you wanted a love song?
Cause you asked for it cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute babe
I would walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to write you a love song today
Today
Mental Block
I have a writer's mental block, I can't think anything for my book and poems...In need of inspiration...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Giant
The Giant, it's like a miniture version of the mall that shrunk to the ground floor...Only the Grocery Part of it is big, lots of stuff there though compared to supa save gadong, The Giant Grocery is much more bigger including a snack corner where you can buy snacks if you're a hungry shopper around the grocery. The only stores you'll see is the bookshop I always go to [take a guess if you may, it begins with Best then it's an E and ends with N], Guardian, KFC, AV, Food Court (the food court is smaller but the food is better), that jewellery store you'd see in the mall, AV the dvd/cd shop, toilet, a muslim prayer room, some clothes shops for men and women and of course a fancy wancy restaurant.
The only things I bought while in the Giant is a book (Lu Wee don't kill me =)), is Adolf Hitler's very only Biography called Mein Kampf (my struggle) which I'll be looking forward to read (but credit card didn't work since they didn't have a card reader yet). Also i bought an air bed, for my time in the Philippines, where I'd need it in my Study/Library room only if I stayed up so late and lazy to go to my bedroom so there I'll sleep in there.
The only problem is that it's long road trip like going to UBD and when it's pay day...IT'S SO CROWDED!! likewise always go to the mall and places like that around a week or two after payday and it'll be less less crowed ne?
Later that night and it was around 10:30pm my parents and I went to Singume since it's the only restaurant that's still open late night and also close to kiarong where I live. So while eating, I asked my dad what kind of business is that millionaire aussie doing at PDS abatoir (the meat business)? He said investments then he continued on the possible free scholarship after a few months or years where I'd be able to study in australia and continue psycho-med. Then I asked a really nice question "I think I should be Chinese-Filipino instead of just filipino. Do you think I should become Chinese-Filipino?" and guess what? he agrees to allow to be filipino-chinese! He must have considered these facts before agreeing:
1)I look chinese, since I'm turning to semi-tanned and eye shape so chinese looking (and just imagine without my glasses)
2)Unlike him, I can speak yidianr hanyu. [xie xie tsui laohi he ISB]
3)Family bloodline, my grandmother in my Dad's side is filipino-chinese and when I met her for the first time in my life (and died the year after I met her, god bless her soul) look so chinese than filipino! Also, according to my dad he rejected an offer from my grandmother to study in a chinese school and also to learn chinese...in which he now regretted...why? It's social and racial separation. Wo de wai po (maternal mother), is very very chinese looking! squited eyes even though with glasses still squited eyes and also very fair skin. Also has chinese blood from her mother.
4)I'm the only guy in my family that looks very much chinese, compared to my cousins.
5)I can do chinese accent, with the bah, lah, ma, ne, wah, aiya, hiya.
Those five facts he must have considered before answering, but I then I had to explain those five facts.
Anyways got to go and finish hundred secret senses, I couldn't finish it last week because of my headache since monday and only recovered since thursday so am back with my way of reading.
Oh yeah, I'm looking for these books:
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt
The Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Please do recommend me some more books! (prepares to be shot by an unsuspecting arrow)
The only things I bought while in the Giant is a book (Lu Wee don't kill me =)), is Adolf Hitler's very only Biography called Mein Kampf (my struggle) which I'll be looking forward to read (but credit card didn't work since they didn't have a card reader yet). Also i bought an air bed, for my time in the Philippines, where I'd need it in my Study/Library room only if I stayed up so late and lazy to go to my bedroom so there I'll sleep in there.
The only problem is that it's long road trip like going to UBD and when it's pay day...IT'S SO CROWDED!! likewise always go to the mall and places like that around a week or two after payday and it'll be less less crowed ne?
Later that night and it was around 10:30pm my parents and I went to Singume since it's the only restaurant that's still open late night and also close to kiarong where I live. So while eating, I asked my dad what kind of business is that millionaire aussie doing at PDS abatoir (the meat business)? He said investments then he continued on the possible free scholarship after a few months or years where I'd be able to study in australia and continue psycho-med. Then I asked a really nice question "I think I should be Chinese-Filipino instead of just filipino. Do you think I should become Chinese-Filipino?" and guess what? he agrees to allow to be filipino-chinese! He must have considered these facts before agreeing:
1)I look chinese, since I'm turning to semi-tanned and eye shape so chinese looking (and just imagine without my glasses)
2)Unlike him, I can speak yidianr hanyu. [xie xie tsui laohi he ISB]
3)Family bloodline, my grandmother in my Dad's side is filipino-chinese and when I met her for the first time in my life (and died the year after I met her, god bless her soul) look so chinese than filipino! Also, according to my dad he rejected an offer from my grandmother to study in a chinese school and also to learn chinese...in which he now regretted...why? It's social and racial separation. Wo de wai po (maternal mother), is very very chinese looking! squited eyes even though with glasses still squited eyes and also very fair skin. Also has chinese blood from her mother.
4)I'm the only guy in my family that looks very much chinese, compared to my cousins.
5)I can do chinese accent, with the bah, lah, ma, ne, wah, aiya, hiya.
Those five facts he must have considered before answering, but I then I had to explain those five facts.
Anyways got to go and finish hundred secret senses, I couldn't finish it last week because of my headache since monday and only recovered since thursday so am back with my way of reading.
Oh yeah, I'm looking for these books:
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt
The Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Please do recommend me some more books! (prepares to be shot by an unsuspecting arrow)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter Everyone!
Currently I enjoy easter with knowing that easter bunny doesn't exsist and easter eggs and bunnies are just a commerically done ofr business in the USA which is now world wide. But we got to agree that easter was extremely fun when we were young and kiddy, like finding eggs and having easter eggs competitions!
Okay so what happened? Good friday was good as I didn't fall off the stair like I did last year accidentally. And on Saturday, Easter vigil also known as black saturday was a fine night but a few choir mistakes so yea...it was all good.
Now update with what happend recently. Okay on friday, there was a knock on the door around 11am which I didn't answer it as I didn't know the person..so I didn't openned the door. Later that day before going to church, I found out it was my Supplementary Credit Card! O_O foolish of me not answering! haihs....
So the next day [Saturday], this time I answered the door after the knock. I openned the door, then I signed here and there and presto! got the envelope with my supplementary credit card! I had a grin on my face. So after the small happiness of celebration, I called the number that is written on the piece of paper telling me to call HSBC to activate both of my cards...but had to pass it to mmy mom because she's the main-cardholder...then after a few minutes and presto! i got my first two credit cards activated!
So today, just now. I used it to buy books! yeap, all Amy Tan's books [except for Joy luck club], Two of the Lord of the Ring Trilogy and a different The Art Of War by Sun Tzu. So yea....I had a shopping spree of Books.....I got a feeling my library might not a be just mini-library after 4 years...Because I got a credit cards now and also I'm getting allowance when I'm in Philippines about 100 to 200 bucks [equilivant to 4,000 pesos which in the philippines isn't much since it's good for only 2 weeks like groceries and stuff you want/need]....so yea....Spend it wisely Joseph....
Anyways I got to sleep and moan since Liverpool lost but I'll recover soon don't worry I'll cheer up.
Have a pleasant day!
Currently I enjoy easter with knowing that easter bunny doesn't exsist and easter eggs and bunnies are just a commerically done ofr business in the USA which is now world wide. But we got to agree that easter was extremely fun when we were young and kiddy, like finding eggs and having easter eggs competitions!
Okay so what happened? Good friday was good as I didn't fall off the stair like I did last year accidentally. And on Saturday, Easter vigil also known as black saturday was a fine night but a few choir mistakes so yea...it was all good.
Now update with what happend recently. Okay on friday, there was a knock on the door around 11am which I didn't answer it as I didn't know the person..so I didn't openned the door. Later that day before going to church, I found out it was my Supplementary Credit Card! O_O foolish of me not answering! haihs....
So the next day [Saturday], this time I answered the door after the knock. I openned the door, then I signed here and there and presto! got the envelope with my supplementary credit card! I had a grin on my face. So after the small happiness of celebration, I called the number that is written on the piece of paper telling me to call HSBC to activate both of my cards...but had to pass it to mmy mom because she's the main-cardholder...then after a few minutes and presto! i got my first two credit cards activated!
So today, just now. I used it to buy books! yeap, all Amy Tan's books [except for Joy luck club], Two of the Lord of the Ring Trilogy and a different The Art Of War by Sun Tzu. So yea....I had a shopping spree of Books.....I got a feeling my library might not a be just mini-library after 4 years...Because I got a credit cards now and also I'm getting allowance when I'm in Philippines about 100 to 200 bucks [equilivant to 4,000 pesos which in the philippines isn't much since it's good for only 2 weeks like groceries and stuff you want/need]....so yea....Spend it wisely Joseph....
Anyways I got to sleep and moan since Liverpool lost but I'll recover soon don't worry I'll cheer up.
Have a pleasant day!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sick again....how troublesome
Kinda sick again...which is quite troublesome of me to sick again with a headache and a light fever. I hate it and it's annoying. Come to think of it, people get sick everyday from late sleeping, overworking, too many things to do and other various things can be mentioned. [may take me 3 or 4 days to recover, since I got the headache since monday]
What happened lately?
Well, I learned how to count 1 to 999 in Japanese! which gets really complicated real soon. I got vocal exam next week and my japanese test might happen next week or the week after next week. Been busy with choir practices.
I've been called fat by my parents, which I then ask what size do you want? Extra skinny (anorexic), Skinny, thin, medium (define medium for me), fat, really fat or obese? I admitt that I'm fat and grew fat after Two Years in IB since IB really kept my body fit, also grew fat after returning from philippines when I stayed by myself and grandparents where I ate seafood and veggietarian diet were I lost a reasonable amount of weight. BUT no doubt I'll attempt to lose weight after this busy week where I then will play football against the wall and at least jog again! BUT I really LOVE FOOD! and I have BOOKS to finish reading! I guess I have to get back to time planning again..
I got to go and rest up this blooming headache...
Note:I won't blog up to Saturday Night, I'll have to scarifice one thing for this thursday til Saturday Night. So I'm scarificing my blog. And wish me luck that I won't fall over the stairs this good friday again like last year....
What happened lately?
Well, I learned how to count 1 to 999 in Japanese! which gets really complicated real soon. I got vocal exam next week and my japanese test might happen next week or the week after next week. Been busy with choir practices.
I've been called fat by my parents, which I then ask what size do you want? Extra skinny (anorexic), Skinny, thin, medium (define medium for me), fat, really fat or obese? I admitt that I'm fat and grew fat after Two Years in IB since IB really kept my body fit, also grew fat after returning from philippines when I stayed by myself and grandparents where I ate seafood and veggietarian diet were I lost a reasonable amount of weight. BUT no doubt I'll attempt to lose weight after this busy week where I then will play football against the wall and at least jog again! BUT I really LOVE FOOD! and I have BOOKS to finish reading! I guess I have to get back to time planning again..
I got to go and rest up this blooming headache...
Note:I won't blog up to Saturday Night, I'll have to scarifice one thing for this thursday til Saturday Night. So I'm scarificing my blog. And wish me luck that I won't fall over the stairs this good friday again like last year....
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Nightmare
I had a nightmare, and it woke me up earlier than I expected to be. How can I describe it? Being chased by police cars as I took a U-turn but there wasn't a no U-turn sign, late for the flight to philippines, driving round cirles. People crying, friends crying, people crying out for help. I stood stiff like a rock with no brain. In school I was an outsider, then I fell into a dark hole and looked to my right I saw and met a stranger. I kept on falling...falling...
Monday, March 17, 2008
Point Blank Range
It was at late night three black figures were running through the sleepy streets, one figure was chasing two other figures. The man chasing looked like a silent killer praying mantis with a speed that may match up with any third or fifth rate sprinter, while the two figures looked weary and slow like preys for the hunter. They've turn into the alley, chaser stood in the front alley, standing tall and mighty with power in his grasp, took a gun out from this chest holster, a 9mm pistol which carries seven ammulation and attached to the nosel is a silencer pointed at the man opposite to him. This man was on the floor next to trash cans, he was shivering in fear, death was standing infront of him, his shirt was already simmered with blood from his friend lay dead in a close distant from him behind the man infront of him. The dead body had three shots on the head, his face was merely recognizable as blood gushing forth from his head. Another shot was at the heart, bleeding, and two more at his crotch which brought pain to this victum before he was finished off.
The man on the floor is frozen, he can't move, knees were locked and numb, he can't feel anything hence all he could do now is stare at gun.
"Who..are you?" asked the man shivering with deep cold fear.
"I am your death" replied the man about to pull the trigger. "and I have no name"
He pulled the trigger, and fired five shots to head. Dull red blood gushed out like a fountain all over the dark damp alley. "Death" he called himself, he took out two 9mm pistols and placed it on the grasps of the dead bodies to make a set up that these two had a fight and shot at each other to death. Then he took his pistol, removed the silencer, shot at the limbs of the two bodies, one on the arm and one on the leg on both bodies. Then he took his own gun out from his ankle holster, which was a back up hidden weapon, and fired several shots towads the air and shot at the walls.
He then finally exited the alley with haste, and blended with the dark streets with his dark coat before bystanders rushed to alley after hearing gunfire and shocked with the bloody mess of the bodies.
Bystanders asking around "What happened?" and shouting "Oh my god! call the police!". Death grinned as he walked towards the moonlight and disappeared through the darkness.
In the morning headlines of the newspapers such are 'Agruemnt led to brutal death', 'Former allied mobsters dead' or 'Organized or Bad Blood?'. And theories spreaded through the minds of crime investigators wondering what could have happened since they've only found very few evidence in alley. Newscasters at the crime scenes, being like busy bees poking their noses into the investigations as they too place great interest.
In a office about twenty blocks away from the alley, a man standing behind his desk staring at the window looking towards the view of the city, a magnificent view, he can see all the soaring skyscapers and the massive billboards on top of serveral buildings. His name was Marco DeLuis. Middle-aged about between twenty-nine to thirty-six, medium length of hair like a mane of a horse, glasses and wore casual black pants and rolled-up shirt. He's a lawyer, though that he seemed to be, he's also working as a freelancer investigator for the police. As he kid he've always wanted to be seeking and investigating around the neighborhood in his old place, he even got into trouble for his sense of searching. The room he's in is obviously his office, like your everyday office a bookshelf, photos on his walls and desk, an ordinary computer, mini twelve inchs tv infront of his sofa and of course pinned on his walls were his copied certificates and diplomas.
There's a knock on his door.
"Who is it?" asked Marco, as he still gazes upon the scenery of his window.
"It's Kelvin Leone" answered the man, "came to talk to you about the killings in a nearby alley"
"Sure, come in Kel"
Kelvin Leone comes in through the door. Kelvin was like your everyday office clerk assistant, glasses, clean suit and always looks honest that he always kept secret. He has a clean face, looks of an good old native of the city, fair skin quite tall and average size man, not too thing and not too fat. He then approuched the desk and placed some paperwork on Demarco's desk.
"Here are the paper work you've asked me to do, all done just need you to read." he said then he saw some newspapers on Marco's desk of the murder "Pretty much an organized crime eh?"
"Yeah, pretty much" Demarco answered quite remoarsely and continued "Can you cancel all my appointments with my client? The one who sued her boss for voyeur and sexual harassment."
"The client which is Mulan Lee? Where the boss had always eyes on her and been installing hidden cameras in her bedroom and harasses her in work when she works overtime?" Replied Kelvin in a preciseful manner.
"Yes" he said, "I'm a defender of the victums and it's my duty to put those kind of people, which of course I'm refering to people like that case, the boss. Why? Us lawyers are defenders of the victums and must put those criminals to jail."
"And did you mean by defending the mafiaso dons?" he whisphered to him.
Demarco was silent, he knew his assistant was sharp and trustworthy. Which why he adored him like his own son.
"You quite sharp aren't you?" snickered Demarco, "Anyways, I'll have you here in my office to cover up for me while I go and look at the crime scene across the street"
"hm, okay. I'll see what I can do"
"Don't worry call you when I need you assist me on anything my dear 'Boy Wonder'"
To be Continued . . . .
The man on the floor is frozen, he can't move, knees were locked and numb, he can't feel anything hence all he could do now is stare at gun.
"Who..are you?" asked the man shivering with deep cold fear.
"I am your death" replied the man about to pull the trigger. "and I have no name"
He pulled the trigger, and fired five shots to head. Dull red blood gushed out like a fountain all over the dark damp alley. "Death" he called himself, he took out two 9mm pistols and placed it on the grasps of the dead bodies to make a set up that these two had a fight and shot at each other to death. Then he took his pistol, removed the silencer, shot at the limbs of the two bodies, one on the arm and one on the leg on both bodies. Then he took his own gun out from his ankle holster, which was a back up hidden weapon, and fired several shots towads the air and shot at the walls.
He then finally exited the alley with haste, and blended with the dark streets with his dark coat before bystanders rushed to alley after hearing gunfire and shocked with the bloody mess of the bodies.
Bystanders asking around "What happened?" and shouting "Oh my god! call the police!". Death grinned as he walked towards the moonlight and disappeared through the darkness.
In the morning headlines of the newspapers such are 'Agruemnt led to brutal death', 'Former allied mobsters dead' or 'Organized or Bad Blood?'. And theories spreaded through the minds of crime investigators wondering what could have happened since they've only found very few evidence in alley. Newscasters at the crime scenes, being like busy bees poking their noses into the investigations as they too place great interest.
In a office about twenty blocks away from the alley, a man standing behind his desk staring at the window looking towards the view of the city, a magnificent view, he can see all the soaring skyscapers and the massive billboards on top of serveral buildings. His name was Marco DeLuis. Middle-aged about between twenty-nine to thirty-six, medium length of hair like a mane of a horse, glasses and wore casual black pants and rolled-up shirt. He's a lawyer, though that he seemed to be, he's also working as a freelancer investigator for the police. As he kid he've always wanted to be seeking and investigating around the neighborhood in his old place, he even got into trouble for his sense of searching. The room he's in is obviously his office, like your everyday office a bookshelf, photos on his walls and desk, an ordinary computer, mini twelve inchs tv infront of his sofa and of course pinned on his walls were his copied certificates and diplomas.
There's a knock on his door.
"Who is it?" asked Marco, as he still gazes upon the scenery of his window.
"It's Kelvin Leone" answered the man, "came to talk to you about the killings in a nearby alley"
"Sure, come in Kel"
Kelvin Leone comes in through the door. Kelvin was like your everyday office clerk assistant, glasses, clean suit and always looks honest that he always kept secret. He has a clean face, looks of an good old native of the city, fair skin quite tall and average size man, not too thing and not too fat. He then approuched the desk and placed some paperwork on Demarco's desk.
"Here are the paper work you've asked me to do, all done just need you to read." he said then he saw some newspapers on Marco's desk of the murder "Pretty much an organized crime eh?"
"Yeah, pretty much" Demarco answered quite remoarsely and continued "Can you cancel all my appointments with my client? The one who sued her boss for voyeur and sexual harassment."
"The client which is Mulan Lee? Where the boss had always eyes on her and been installing hidden cameras in her bedroom and harasses her in work when she works overtime?" Replied Kelvin in a preciseful manner.
"Yes" he said, "I'm a defender of the victums and it's my duty to put those kind of people, which of course I'm refering to people like that case, the boss. Why? Us lawyers are defenders of the victums and must put those criminals to jail."
"And did you mean by defending the mafiaso dons?" he whisphered to him.
Demarco was silent, he knew his assistant was sharp and trustworthy. Which why he adored him like his own son.
"You quite sharp aren't you?" snickered Demarco, "Anyways, I'll have you here in my office to cover up for me while I go and look at the crime scene across the street"
"hm, okay. I'll see what I can do"
"Don't worry call you when I need you assist me on anything my dear 'Boy Wonder'"
To be Continued . . . .
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Vietnam War: My Lai
I remember when I did Vietnam War during Year 10/11, it was a nice topic on how the Americans lost to the vietnamese and asians neighboring countries who were commonists. I remember when I did something on the My Lai Massacre, it was horrible I tell you. The photographs of dead innocent children, elderly and women it was horrific that I nearly couldn't sleep for days. It was a massacre actually that was based on the US tactic on search and destroy but they only problem was that they couldn't recognize any of their enemies so they assume that the villagers were enemies so they killed them all which is in fact horrible.
Til this day, My Lai to me is a nightmare of the past where thousands of innocent souls have died. When I did research on this, I simply felt weaken by the images and horror of the massacre.
So this post is dedicated to the innocent lives that were killed. God Bless their souls and may they rest in peace.
Here's a new article from bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7298533.stm that was dedicated to the Massacre:
My Lai: Legacy of a massacre
By Celina Dunlop
Forty years on, and "My Lai" is synonymous with "massacre".
The killing of Iraqi civilians at Haditha has often been referred to as a modern-day My Lai.
The name is shorthand for slaughter of the defenceless, the benchmark of American wartime atrocity.
The murders of 504 men, women, children and babies happened in a northerly province of South Vietnam on 16 March 1968.
It proved to be a turning point for public opinion about the Vietnam War.
Yet, most of what we know about the event comes from a single, widely publicised court martial in 1970-71.
A young Lieutenant - William Calley - in Charlie Company was tried and convicted of murdering 22 "oriental human beings" in My Lai on that sunny morning in 1968.
Forgotten tapes
Media attention on Lt Calley's trial was extensive and the glare of publicity so bright it hid the wider, more awful truth.
Before that trial got under way, the United States army had, behind closed doors, completed an investigation of its own into the events at My Lai, and specifically into the possibility that those in authority had deliberately covered up a massacre.
Convened on 1 December 1969 in the basement of the Pentagon, The Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations into The My Lai Incident, known in abbreviated form as The Peers Inquiry, was chaired by Lt Gen William 'Ray' Peers.
In just 14 weeks, the Peers Inquiry conducted a comprehensive and wide-ranging investigation into the events of 16 March.
More than 400 witnesses were interviewed, and their testimony was tape-recorded.
When the inquiry concluded on 15 March 1970, those recordings were boxed-up, stored and forgotten.
In 1987, they were shipped to the US National Archives, as one small portion of a massive group of records of US Army activities in Vietnam.
There they remained hidden, never catalogued, never investigated, never uncovered - until last year.
I spent many months trying to track down the tapes.
Again and again, I was told they did not exist, but after much persistence, 48 hours of recordings from the key witnesses were declassified and made available to me.
And on 15 March, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the massacre, some of the most powerful testimony will be broadcast for the first time, on the Archive Hour on BBC Radio 4.
Some of the interviewees' statements reveal the mentality of the soldiers involved in the massacre.
"I would say that most people in our company didn't consider the Vietnamese human... A guy would just grab one of the girls there and in one or two incidents they shot the girls when they got done," said Dennis Bunning.
"That day it was just a massacre. Just plain right out, wiping out people," said Leonard Gonzales.
"Kill everything"
The wider, more awful truth that Gen Peers uncovered, was that this was an illegal operation, planned and co-ordinated at Task Force level by Lt Col Frank Barker.
It wiped out not one but three villages: My Lai, Binh Tay and My Khe.
And not one, but two companies were involved: Bravo and Charlie.
Both of these companies were given the same briefing by their respective commanding officers, permitting them "to kill everything and anything."
"It's not just the people of Task Force Barker that are on trial... It's the Army, it's you and it's me... and it includes our country and our people in the eyes of the world," said Gen Peers, during his investigation.
He concluded that 30 senior officers had been negligent in their duty.
After the inquiry, 14 officers were charged with crimes.
But the only participant convicted of anything at My Lai was Lt William Calley.
Gen Peers also proposed new methods of training soldiers, guidelines for the treatment of civilians in wartime and new army leadership criteria.
His recommendations still influence today's army training manuals.
"The My Lai Tapes" are a record not only of atrocity writ large but also of heroism.
They are a record of how war can bring out not only the worst but also the best in people.
Above all they are a record of lessons learned 40 years ago, in My Lai, Binh Tay and My Khe - lessons that should not be forgotten.
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For more info visit these sites:
Wikipedia Info [reminder: viewer caution]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai
Info On The Massacre
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/lai/index_1.html
May this day be blessed and well, that we don't judge people nor compare. We just reconsider and accept who they really are.
Til this day, My Lai to me is a nightmare of the past where thousands of innocent souls have died. When I did research on this, I simply felt weaken by the images and horror of the massacre.
So this post is dedicated to the innocent lives that were killed. God Bless their souls and may they rest in peace.
Here's a new article from bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7298533.stm that was dedicated to the Massacre:
My Lai: Legacy of a massacre
By Celina Dunlop
Forty years on, and "My Lai" is synonymous with "massacre".
The killing of Iraqi civilians at Haditha has often been referred to as a modern-day My Lai.
The name is shorthand for slaughter of the defenceless, the benchmark of American wartime atrocity.
The murders of 504 men, women, children and babies happened in a northerly province of South Vietnam on 16 March 1968.
It proved to be a turning point for public opinion about the Vietnam War.
Yet, most of what we know about the event comes from a single, widely publicised court martial in 1970-71.
A young Lieutenant - William Calley - in Charlie Company was tried and convicted of murdering 22 "oriental human beings" in My Lai on that sunny morning in 1968.
Forgotten tapes
Media attention on Lt Calley's trial was extensive and the glare of publicity so bright it hid the wider, more awful truth.
Before that trial got under way, the United States army had, behind closed doors, completed an investigation of its own into the events at My Lai, and specifically into the possibility that those in authority had deliberately covered up a massacre.
Convened on 1 December 1969 in the basement of the Pentagon, The Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations into The My Lai Incident, known in abbreviated form as The Peers Inquiry, was chaired by Lt Gen William 'Ray' Peers.
In just 14 weeks, the Peers Inquiry conducted a comprehensive and wide-ranging investigation into the events of 16 March.
More than 400 witnesses were interviewed, and their testimony was tape-recorded.
When the inquiry concluded on 15 March 1970, those recordings were boxed-up, stored and forgotten.
In 1987, they were shipped to the US National Archives, as one small portion of a massive group of records of US Army activities in Vietnam.
There they remained hidden, never catalogued, never investigated, never uncovered - until last year.
I spent many months trying to track down the tapes.
Again and again, I was told they did not exist, but after much persistence, 48 hours of recordings from the key witnesses were declassified and made available to me.
And on 15 March, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the massacre, some of the most powerful testimony will be broadcast for the first time, on the Archive Hour on BBC Radio 4.
Some of the interviewees' statements reveal the mentality of the soldiers involved in the massacre.
"I would say that most people in our company didn't consider the Vietnamese human... A guy would just grab one of the girls there and in one or two incidents they shot the girls when they got done," said Dennis Bunning.
"That day it was just a massacre. Just plain right out, wiping out people," said Leonard Gonzales.
"Kill everything"
The wider, more awful truth that Gen Peers uncovered, was that this was an illegal operation, planned and co-ordinated at Task Force level by Lt Col Frank Barker.
It wiped out not one but three villages: My Lai, Binh Tay and My Khe.
And not one, but two companies were involved: Bravo and Charlie.
Both of these companies were given the same briefing by their respective commanding officers, permitting them "to kill everything and anything."
"It's not just the people of Task Force Barker that are on trial... It's the Army, it's you and it's me... and it includes our country and our people in the eyes of the world," said Gen Peers, during his investigation.
He concluded that 30 senior officers had been negligent in their duty.
After the inquiry, 14 officers were charged with crimes.
But the only participant convicted of anything at My Lai was Lt William Calley.
Gen Peers also proposed new methods of training soldiers, guidelines for the treatment of civilians in wartime and new army leadership criteria.
His recommendations still influence today's army training manuals.
"The My Lai Tapes" are a record not only of atrocity writ large but also of heroism.
They are a record of how war can bring out not only the worst but also the best in people.
Above all they are a record of lessons learned 40 years ago, in My Lai, Binh Tay and My Khe - lessons that should not be forgotten.
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For more info visit these sites:
Wikipedia Info [reminder: viewer caution]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai
Info On The Massacre
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/lai/index_1.html
May this day be blessed and well, that we don't judge people nor compare. We just reconsider and accept who they really are.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Final Two Days Of Japanese Cultural Week
I've being going to the japanese cultural week since wednesday up to today (saturday) afternoons. It was fun really and enjoyable even though I got bored yesterday and today since I've seen all the booths. Anyways here are photos of the Final Two Days in the Japanese Cultural Week in UBD.
First of is Friday (since i've posted wednesday and thursday together in my previous post), where it was origami where I didn't participate since I suck in making paper into art and the other one I participated is Obondouri Dance which is a traditional dance, which is fun! and Confusin Hand Movements! I'm Serious! One dance was easy then the other two were confusing!! Anyways Here's the Photos:
The Traditional Japanese Clothing and shoes
Flower Ceremony
Kendo Stuff
Gundam Toys!
Anime Stuff Toys! - Pikachu!
Anime Manga!
Origami! - The Neko looks profesonally done
Some Geisha Models
Some Japanese Toys
Kids Playing the Wii
Origami Demonstration
Doing the obondouri Dance
Still doing the complicated dance
Doing the Worker Dance
Wearing A Yukata
Still Wearing the Yukata
Again having fun wearing it
Posing with the guy (takashi-san) who taught us the obondouri dance
Me with Minako-Sensei
Now to end of Friday's Photos is this nice potrait
Now Saturday, where I learned how to make sushi! which is cool! and got sushi receipes! [laughs like mr evil] It was subarasshi! anyways here are ther photos but I advise you that they're abit blurry so yea.
Karate Stuff
Some Jap Food
Sushi stuff getting ready
The Chefs, the one on the right is head chef of misato and has been doing sushi for many years and he's japanese. On the left is the assistant chef whose done sushi making for 4 years.
Cutting of Salmon for Sasshimi
What came out from cutting
Chopping
The Final Product
The making of sushi
As you can see, I had a fine week! where it was all fun! Learning Japanese Cultural! Anyways coming up is Japanee Lessons again at night, this week is holy week where it'll be another tiring week and also maybe getting my credit card! I'll getting my books as soon as I get my credit card and buy all the books I reserved and some books I want! Yea, it'll be improving and increasing my library.
Also note, I'll may not be able to blog this week as I'll be busy busy!
I'll be off and have fun reading!
Have A Pleasant Night/Day!
First of is Friday (since i've posted wednesday and thursday together in my previous post), where it was origami where I didn't participate since I suck in making paper into art and the other one I participated is Obondouri Dance which is a traditional dance, which is fun! and Confusin Hand Movements! I'm Serious! One dance was easy then the other two were confusing!! Anyways Here's the Photos:
The Traditional Japanese Clothing and shoes
Flower Ceremony
Kendo Stuff
Gundam Toys!
Anime Stuff Toys! - Pikachu!
Anime Manga!
Origami! - The Neko looks profesonally done
Some Geisha Models
Some Japanese Toys
Kids Playing the Wii
Origami Demonstration
Doing the obondouri Dance
Still doing the complicated dance
Doing the Worker Dance
Wearing A Yukata
Still Wearing the Yukata
Again having fun wearing it
Posing with the guy (takashi-san) who taught us the obondouri dance
Me with Minako-Sensei
Now to end of Friday's Photos is this nice potrait
Now Saturday, where I learned how to make sushi! which is cool! and got sushi receipes! [laughs like mr evil] It was subarasshi! anyways here are ther photos but I advise you that they're abit blurry so yea.
Karate Stuff
Some Jap Food
Sushi stuff getting ready
The Chefs, the one on the right is head chef of misato and has been doing sushi for many years and he's japanese. On the left is the assistant chef whose done sushi making for 4 years.
Cutting of Salmon for Sasshimi
What came out from cutting
Chopping
The Final Product
The making of sushi
As you can see, I had a fine week! where it was all fun! Learning Japanese Cultural! Anyways coming up is Japanee Lessons again at night, this week is holy week where it'll be another tiring week and also maybe getting my credit card! I'll getting my books as soon as I get my credit card and buy all the books I reserved and some books I want! Yea, it'll be improving and increasing my library.
Also note, I'll may not be able to blog this week as I'll be busy busy!
I'll be off and have fun reading!
Have A Pleasant Night/Day!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Bloated
I feel bloated with water recently...It must be my 10 mugs of water per day and change of drinking habits. Okay anyways, today was a fine day at the Japanese Cultural week. No ladies in kimono except for the lady playing the koto workshop and also there's a booth that allows you to try on traditional japanese clothing which I would do tomorrow by trying on the one that many japanese men wore before. There's also a booth that lets you play Playstation 3, Nintendo wii and play traditional japanese games, also watch anime as well which is cool! Also Demonstration videos of Karate, akido and kendo, which were awesome! I want to do akido and kendo! [adds to list to do in philippines: Find Kendo and Akido Dojo].
Anyways here's photos of two days in Japanese Cultural Week!
The Koto
The Koto players from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Me wearing a Traditional Japanese Coat [at the back you could see the one I'm planning to wear tommorow, the Black by the way]
A Lovely Huge Origami Flower
My Name In Japanese Writing of Kiragana [There are two writings in Japanese, the spoken one is Hiragana while the name wise is Kiragana]
Tea Ceremony
Again Tea Ceremony
A Close Up of the tea ceremony
Me with the Koto
Me with the Koto and the tea ceremony behind me
The Koto In the Workshop
Koto Players playing in the workshop, they play 3 nice songs and get this, the koto was invented in China during the 3rd Century then it was introduced to the japanese around the early 4th Century which was japanized to make it sound japanese. It also looked like the first ever piano made in the world. Likewise most intruments are made in asia like the guitar, drums, piano and some more worth mentioning.
And finally showing us the koto, made from a extremely good quality hollow wood, THIRDTEEN STRINGS [I was in a state of shock when they mentioned 13 strings] and the price is B$5,000 [again a state of shock, but they said depending on the quality of the wood and materials been made].
So, this coming afternoon I'll be doing the Traditional Japanese Dance which is the boudori and also have some fun with oragami which I'm clearly bad at making paper into something pretty arty nicely. Subarasshi!
Also a long day again, after the cultural week I have choir practice til late night again! That means missing out half Ramsay's Kitchen nightmares again! and Less reading time! [tears dripping]
Anyways I'll be off to bed where by the morning I have a hard choice to read either Hundredth Secret Senses, Falling Leaves, Neverwhere, Omerta or The Fourth K.
Note: How kill a T-Rex, step one find a hiding place. Step 2 Get a Bow and Arrow. Step 3 be sure your arrow has a automated granade that explodes at impact. Step four wait for the T-Rex's head to come in your hiding place then fire the arrow at him or her or it. If Step four didn't work, go to step five go out or while in your hiding place and shoot the T-Rex while it's going round your hiding place. Step 6 Repeat Step four and five three times. Step 7 go outside and finish it off with a good old knife.
The How to kill a t-rex steps is brought to you by the gamer who experienced an extremely hard time finding a way to kill T-Rex by the use of his submachine gun, a rifle, a bow and arrow, and a knife.
Anyways Nights or good morning or good afternoon or good evening!
Anyways here's photos of two days in Japanese Cultural Week!
The Koto
The Koto players from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Me wearing a Traditional Japanese Coat [at the back you could see the one I'm planning to wear tommorow, the Black by the way]
A Lovely Huge Origami Flower
My Name In Japanese Writing of Kiragana [There are two writings in Japanese, the spoken one is Hiragana while the name wise is Kiragana]
Tea Ceremony
Again Tea Ceremony
A Close Up of the tea ceremony
Me with the Koto
Me with the Koto and the tea ceremony behind me
The Koto In the Workshop
Koto Players playing in the workshop, they play 3 nice songs and get this, the koto was invented in China during the 3rd Century then it was introduced to the japanese around the early 4th Century which was japanized to make it sound japanese. It also looked like the first ever piano made in the world. Likewise most intruments are made in asia like the guitar, drums, piano and some more worth mentioning.
And finally showing us the koto, made from a extremely good quality hollow wood, THIRDTEEN STRINGS [I was in a state of shock when they mentioned 13 strings] and the price is B$5,000 [again a state of shock, but they said depending on the quality of the wood and materials been made].
So, this coming afternoon I'll be doing the Traditional Japanese Dance which is the boudori and also have some fun with oragami which I'm clearly bad at making paper into something pretty arty nicely. Subarasshi!
Also a long day again, after the cultural week I have choir practice til late night again! That means missing out half Ramsay's Kitchen nightmares again! and Less reading time! [tears dripping]
Anyways I'll be off to bed where by the morning I have a hard choice to read either Hundredth Secret Senses, Falling Leaves, Neverwhere, Omerta or The Fourth K.
Note: How kill a T-Rex, step one find a hiding place. Step 2 Get a Bow and Arrow. Step 3 be sure your arrow has a automated granade that explodes at impact. Step four wait for the T-Rex's head to come in your hiding place then fire the arrow at him or her or it. If Step four didn't work, go to step five go out or while in your hiding place and shoot the T-Rex while it's going round your hiding place. Step 6 Repeat Step four and five three times. Step 7 go outside and finish it off with a good old knife.
The How to kill a t-rex steps is brought to you by the gamer who experienced an extremely hard time finding a way to kill T-Rex by the use of his submachine gun, a rifle, a bow and arrow, and a knife.
Anyways Nights or good morning or good afternoon or good evening!
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