A dream last night

Merry Christmas everyone!

Blogging used to give me so much joy. I don't know what happened. I just drifted away!
Last night, I dreamed a dream in which I was Harry Potter. A pretty ugly version of Harry Potter. I was in some deep sh*t, as I was about to go into a battle, I woke up. Hah. Don't know how it ended.

Anyway, it was great to have magical power!

Work

I've got to work on my homework.

It's going to be a busy week ahead.

I just want to type this out to make my head less heavy.

Monday: English 1B Essay due. Extra credit report.

Tue: Listening Quiz.

Wed: Group presentation.

Thu: Music reports due.

Work work work.

Thanksgiving

I went to work.

Then I went to my friend's house for hot pot.

Then I watched Mean Girls.

Then I went to the karaoke bar.

Then I went to the mall. It was super crowded. I could hardly breath.

I had fun.

I went home.

Typed this blog post.

And now I'm going to bed.

I'm thankful for everything! And for my new/extra job! Thank you thank you!

Sopopular Fall Winter 2009

And so I add another category to my blog: Fashion.

This German street wear label 'Sopopular' delivers some really clean, polished and futuristic look with their Fall Winter 2009 collection.

Their official website is pretty amazing too. The model's gaze is tremendous.

I had a holiday

It's been a while since I last blogged.
If you are still reading this blog, thank you for being such a faithful friend =]

Anyway, I spent my Wednesday/holiday assembled my Billy Bookcase from Ikea and tidied up my room.

I did a good job on the Bookcase part, but not on the tidying up part.

My bookcase is awesome, it's a limited edition celebrating Ikea something 25 years or so, I can't remember. Anyway, it has cool doodles with some Shakespeare's quote on it, one of which was the beginning line of "Twelfth Night" - "If music be the food of love, play on". And it's 10 bucks cheaper than the regular, boring edition of solid colors. Strange huh, limited edition being cheaper than regular edition and all.

I love Ikea. It's my drug. The lighting, the showroom, the furniture, the decor, everything. They give me a sense of belonging. When I touch their products, I feel life, I feel home, I feel something tangible and solid and inexplicably familiar.

Oh yah, on the day I came, they had a $1 meal deal, which usually runs for 5 bucks. So I had an entire lunch/dinner for only 2 bucks. Hell yeah!


I plan to go to Los Angeles at the end of the year. I hope my friends will be there. If not I will have to tour Los Angeles on my own. I hope somebody will accompany me. It's not fun backpacking alone. For now, I have to save money.


What I have to do in the meantime: 2 extra credit reports, 1 music report. Not too bad.


Study. Work. Entertainment. Food. Family. Music.
That's enough for me, for now. I'm thankful!

Exercise

I must exercise, eat less.

Anyway, I must work harder, study harder, and always find things to make myself busy!

Life's been good so far!

Thanks!

Sunday

Tomorrow is a Monday! Woo hoo!

My writing is deteriorating. I must practice again!

Hush Little Homo

Hush, Little Homo, Don't You Cry
Mandy's Gonna Steal You A Prada Tie

From Ugly Betty 3x02

3

Britney's New Song is annoying as hell!

Headache

I've thought long and hard about this, and this is my final decision:

I'll drop my maths class on Nov 20.

That'll help me keep my financial aid, maintain a perfect GPA, and keep my health insurance.

The downside? There's no real downside. I just have to suffer with maths until that day.

The decision is final.

And... out!

artistic that moves me

I swear my eyes were welling up with tears just at the last sequences of Desperate Housewife on Oct 4 closed.

The panning, angles, and focus of the camera was the most beautiful and moving thing I've ever seen, coupled with the underlined narrative of the story line. Just striking and moving.

Who ever framed that scene, whoever the camera man is should be given a BIG raise!

And... out!

Saturday Night Live October 3

Is LEGEND-

wait for it

-DARY

So it was hosted by Ryan Reynolds. After a while Scarlett Johannson showed up in a sketch. After that Lady Gaga showed up, along side with -

wait for it

- MADONNA

My favorite line from Madonna: "What the hell is a disco stick?"

After that, Elijah Wood appeared in a short clip. I couldn't pinpoint his name right away cos he really looks like Daniel Radcliffe. Took me a while.

The whole show was great.

Gaga did 2 performances:

1) Paparazzi: it had a Moulin Rouge - burlesque theme - with a slight hint of Arabian/Indian beats. TOTALLY catchy. Hot!

2) Lovegame - Bad Romance - Pokerface medley: I really love the Pokerface musical monologue part. It's quite heartfelt and moving. I love the line "I was a waitress in [somewhere] but now I'm living my dream."

I just love Lady Gaga.

She has a really good voice too. She really can sing. It takes some powerful vocal chords to perform her songs live.

And out!

You are like music to me.

I'm like a moth to your flames.

I can't believe it.

Noo

Well, you shouldn't read the title as a long "No".

"Noo" is actually the stage name of this Vietnamese singer.

I'm quite impressed with this music video.

It's quite good, despite being minimal. It has a great concept, nice execution and really good lighting. Much better than the usual Viet crappy music clips that are so so so widespread nowadays.

By the way, this guy has got to be gay!

Exercise Plan for time wasting sites

You know how facebook, twitter, blah blah blah really waste your time.

How about punishing yourself with some fun exercise every time you visit those sites. They are really simple and effective! Haha.

Here's the website with that simple concept!

http://www.patrickmoberg.com/workoutplan/

Joseph Fiennes

It's nearly 3 am and I'm watching a bunch of shows.

1) Megan Fox's SNL. Hella boring. She's not very funny. Even Kristin Wiig is not very funny. Lorne Michael is gonna fire somebody tonight. SNL, Bring JUSTIN Timberlake back. Please.

2) Eastwick. I watch it because of Rebecca Romjn. Period.

3) Smallville newest episode of newest season. Kinda boring. Bring me back Krintin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum.

4) America's Next Top Model Season 1. It's surprisingly good.

5) Flashforward. My first expression was: "OH MY GOODNESS, SHAKESPEARE!" Ok so the guy who played the lead was in "Shakespeare in love" - Joseph Fiennes. I also seeing an Asian man in there too, John Cho. American TVs should employ more Asian actors. But no more Hiro from Heroes please.

Somebody should hire me. I don't know why they should. But I'm just bored.

Haha. When I wake up, I'm gonna study maths. For 12 hours straight.

Bless me!

=]

bad movie

"Another Cinderella Story" is a seriously BAD movie. It's so vapid. It's so lame.

sleepy sleepy sleepyyyy

heyyyyy world!

I don't think anyone read this blog any more. So it seems like I'm monologuing.

Anyway, that's what I've been doing lately. I don't think anyone have the answers to my problems, I can't talk to anyone about that either. So I talk to myself. I hope I don't appear too crazy.

Saturday night I wanted to kill myself. But unlike those times in the past, now I could think clearly. The voice that called out to me "stop" was really apparent. I could still think clearly in times of crisis nowadays. That's a good thing. I don't think I'll ever die due to suicide thoughts. I'm so much better and stronger. I'm letting go of other stupid things and live for myself, as it should always be.

Life is both a mess and a bless for me nowadays. I'm leaning towards "a bless". It's sad that I can't connect my life to that of others around me, with their girlfriends and family and kids and conquers. I have none of that. But I definitely have other things that they won't have in a million years. I have freedom. I have time for myself. I have a way of thinking that seems to be unusual and I celebrate that. I think being different is a curse, but I still find some blessing in it cos if I were the same as them, I think I would be awfully boring.

Take me right now. I'm in the library, with a macbook, e71, microsoft mouse, maths textbook but I'm listening to BYU Vocal Point and blogging and not touching my textbook, at all. In this library there is no one doing the same thing as me. And they are all doing the same thing. I'm so sleepy right now.

Emmy on Sunday wasn't that bad. I think the star of the show was the technology. The moving screens were really spectacular and streamlined and elegant. I'm fond of Neil Patrick Harris but I think he did quite a terrible job. He obviously tried really hard but it was a tad too much. He wasn't that funny, he was Just A Host. Unlike Ellen a few years ago, she was so phenomenal. AND YESH KRISTIN CHENOWETH WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME ON STAGE AND RECEIVE AN AWARD. I liked the look of Neil when he first came out but when the camera panned down to the suit he was wearing, I was slightly annoyed. Neil is always great in suit but the cut of his white blazer is WAY too long. It just feels oversized. It was so NOT proportional. Everyone should learn how to wear a suit from Justin Timberlake. And why didn't Tina win anything. And I think America must take another look at Kristin Wiig and Amy Poehler. I think they are even more funny than Tina Fey. Tina is funny and SUPER SUPER SUPER smart in her writings and story lines but when it comes to delivering it, Amy and Kristin are the real experts. Amy can twist a line into something SO hysterically funny you will cry your eyes out laughing. And Kristin is such a chameleon, a crazy woman always cracks me up. Kristin is also beautiful.

SO SLEEPY now.

And... I'm out!

British

Today was so crazy at work. A spot was laid off, I was kept, and I had to work extra hard. It was exhausting.

Anyway, I was proud of myself cos I pumped my own tires today. I always feel like I'm not a handy man but I actually am. It didn't feel that bad getting greasy hands and sweating all over. I am actually useful. haha. The four wheels of my car are properly inflated now. Yay.

And about the title of this post, it's about this:

The singing is okay. But I just want to be superficial for once. This guy's face is kind of unreal. It looks plastic, it looks as if he were a doll. Proportions are great. Blue eyes.

Why don't I have that face? Or at least why can't I look like that.

This is just a superficial post.

And... out!

I saw a celebrity

I just had unagi don, a dish that I haven't had in nearly 5 years. It's so good.

Anyway, I'm supposed to work from 11.30 am to 9 pm. But I got bored. I asked a co-worker to cover for me from 3.30 to 6.00 pm so that I can have a break during that time. She was like, "omg you are going out with a girl!" And I was like, yah right! Me? With a girl? At 3.30 pm in the afternoon? Yah right! I am being sarcastic. As you can tell.

Anyway, I went to a sushi place and had my yummy unagi Don. I love how the japs name their dishes, there are so many Dons: donburi, ten don, chicken katsu don, tonkatsu don,... Obviously, Japs love Dons. Ok, yawn, who cares.

After the meal, I went to the library to surf web, and write this blog post right now.

This is the kind of post that just tells you the mundane things that happened to me.



OH MY GOD JOSH GROBAN JUST WALKED BY ME!




Ok that's not true. But I am so bored, so I typed that. HAHAH!

Nothing else to write about!
And... out!

Parks and Recreation premiere

Parks and Recreation is SOOOO funny. Amy Poehler is a genius, her comedic timing is extremely great.

Anyway, this scene cracked me up:

The girl: This is my boyfriend Derek; and this is Derek's boyfriend, Ben.

Leslie: hey, wait, sorry what's this situation?

The girl: what do you mean?

Leslie: How does this work?

The girl: Derek is gay but he's straight for me and he's gay for Ben and Ben is really gay for Derek, and I hate Ben.

It's so funny.

and... out!

a post that cannot be named, chuyện gì đâu không biết đặt tựa là gì

Hồi chiều học Music Appreciation, tự nhiên nhớ về hồi nhỏ. Hai thứ đó chẳng có liên quan gì, nhưng tự nhiên nhớ.

Không thích xài chữ "tôi", nhưng mà xài chữ "tôi" trong câu chuyện này có vẻ hợp hơn.

Nhiều người xa nhà hay bắt đầu viết về những con người thân quen, hương vị quê nhà, hay những cảnh vật mà họ nhớ. Câu chuyện của họ thường bắt đầu bằng cái mùi khói thức ăn bốc lên mỗi buổi sáng, đánh thức, chào đón họ một ngày mới. Hay là cái con đường làng dài và hẹp trong truyện Thanh Tịnh vào ngày đầu tiên đi học. Sắc trời cuối thu, cánh cò, hay hình ảnh nón lá trên cánh đồng... Nhiều lắm. Chỉ một chút nhớ nổi lên thôi là họ như sống lại cả một tuổi thơ, trải ra cả một hình ảnh Việt thật đẹp, đọc rất là hay.

Còn tôi, tôi thèm được như họ, có thể visualize nguyên một bức tranh sống động mang đậm chất Việt, dù chỉ trong một chốc lát. Nhưng tôi không nhớ được những hình ảnh ruộng đồng hay mùi bún riêu cua hay những hình ảnh thật Việt khác.

Tại vì tôi khác người.

Hồi nhỏ tôi không thích về quê. Tại sợ dơ. I know, what a brat right! Tôi chẳng tự hào gì về điều đó. Cái sự sợ dơ của tôi nó rất extreme. Lúc mới học cấp 1, cứ mỗi 10 phút là hỏi: "Ê cậu, cậu thấy cái áo tớ có dơ không cậu?" Chính xác là cái lưng áo. Chẳng hiểu sao. Thế mà nguyên năm cấp 1 có 2 ngày cái áo bị dơ:

Ngày 1) Ngày hôm ấy, dựa tường, dính cái tương đen của thằng nào con nào nó ăn cá viên chiên nó trét lên. Thật là gớm. Giờ tin học quay qua bên phải hỏi thằng Phi Hùng: "Cậu thấy áo tớ có bớt dơ chưa?" Rồi sau đó cứ 10 phút hỏi lại câu đó. Hình như tôi cũng có quay sang bên trái hỏi đứa nào đó, nhưng không nhớ ra đứa đó là ai. Hình như đây là năm lớp 3.

Ngày 2) Năm lớp 5. Cái thằng ngồi bên trái nó làm áo mình dính mực. Mình nổi điên tới trưa. Tới chiều hết dám nổi điên.

Thế là xong cấp một.

Hình ảnh Việt không nhớ được nhiều. Tại ít về quê. Mỗi lần về tới quê là vừa đặt đít ngồi xuống là lo phủi phủi, thổi thổi, dơ tay ra coi đồng hồ (hồi ở Việt Nam lúc nào cũng mang đồng hồ, riết nó bị oxy hóa thấy gớm). Mong rằng trời ạ, đừng bắt con đi toi lét. Đếm từng giây từng phút lên Sài Gòn lại.

Điều đó chẳng có gì đáng tự hào. Đáng trách lắm. Nhưng mà tôi là vậy. Tôi chẳng hiểu sao.

Nhà tôi nghèo. Suy ra tôi nghèo. Nhưng mà tôi sợ dơ. Tại tôi chảnh (người ta hay nói vậy).

I forget the point of my story. The point is. Lên cấp 2, ngày đầu tiên đi học, thấy một bạn thật đẹp. Đẹp chưa từng thấy. Tới nỗi cô Văn cuối năm viết cho bài thơ "Học sinh" của Huy Cận để răn đe.

Giờ chẳng nhớ chuyện đó là gì. Chỉ nhớ rằng lên cấp 2, biết nói mày tao. Hư hỏng lắm...

Tôi chẳng thấy tôi có gì đáng tự hào.

Lên cấp 3, đủ chuyện xảy ra. Tá túc nước khác. Một quốc gia khá là perfect. Too perfect.
Thiên đường ăn uống, thiên đường shopping, nhưng mà cái syllabus quá điên. Tự nhiên bắt học Economics. And Calculus. Điên điên điên.

Người như tôi mà nhét số liệu, demand and supply, macroeconomics, integration, oblique, ellipsis, irrational numbers, "unreal" numbers or some similar kind of bullshit, integration, differentiation, implicit, derivatives, logarithmic differentiation, extrema on an interval, concavity... thì chịu sao được. Nhìn là phát "đưng", xỉu tại chỗ, múa lửa liền.

Nhưng mà giờ thì hiểu toán rồi. He he.

Bây giờ tôi hổng biết tôi cấp mấy. Học college. Gọi là cao đẳng đại.

Học giờ đỡ mệt, ngoài lớp toán có lớp English 1B học Văn cũng hay, thêm vào đó có lớp Music Appreciation khá là tuyệt vời. Một lớp học về lịch sử âm nhạc.

Âm nhạc chảy từ quá khứ đến hiện tại. Như một giọt nước nhỏ trong khe, len lỏi từ từ thành một dòng suối nhỏ rồi chảy ồ ạt như một ngọc thác, rót vào mặt nước biển bao la. Âm nhạc hình thành từ những bản thánh ca Sacred Latin text thời trung cổ, thêm giai điệu lặp, thêm bè vào thời Renaissance; thêm bộ dây vào thời Baroque, cái thời thấy sự ra đời của nhà soạn nhạc vĩ đại Bach, rồi sự ra đời của cantana and opera and oratorio; lên tới thời Opera thịnh hành, Romantic Period có nguyên một dàn giao hưởng đủ bộ strings, woodwinds, brass, sau đó thêm bộ trống vào giai đoạn sau, tới nay...

nhạc thời nay thì muôn màu muôn vẻ, từ những bài đần độn như "anh chỉ biết câm nín nghe tiếng em khóc" (like duh, hổng lẽ thấy nó khóc rồi ngồi cười ha hả hay là ngồi ăn cá viên chiên hay sao, vô duyên); tới những bản bốc lửa, hay những bản rock huyền thoại, nhạc MJ, nhạc dance, đủ loại; tới những tuyệt phẩm để đời như Nutcracker chẳng hạn.

Cái câu chuyện mình vừa viết thật là tùm lum. Giờ đọc lại chả hiểu gì cả.

I don't really know who I am. I know I love Vietnam, but I don't have its essence. I know I carry a part of Singapore, but I don't love it. I'm staying in the States, I love it, but I don't have the connection with it, yet.

Ok, the point is. Thú vật rất dễ thương. Chúng ta nên thương yêu thú vật. Tránh ăn thịt chó. Ăn thịt chó rất là dã man và tàn bạo.

Bài học rút ra: "Tôi" bị điên!


P.S. Đây là trích đoạn thơ Huy Cận mà cô Văn viết cho mình:

"Họ sống bình yên, bước lặng thinh.
Không nghe hoa bướm gọi bên mình.
Hừng hờ đi giữa hương yêu mến
Chân bước chưa khi rộn ái tình.

Vậy đó bỗng nhiên mà họ lớn,
Tuổi hai mươi đến, có ai ngờ!
Một hôm trận gió tình yêu lại
Đứng ngẩn trông vời áo tiểu thơ"

Bài thơ này thật đẹp, isn't it!

The beauty of motion

another day and Bach

There have been nothing interesting today.

I should really get my tires inflated. It's been a while.

Anyway, in my music class today, I learned about Bach. He's quite a genius really. He wrote 1000+ works, ended up blind, and had 20 kids. Someone laughed at the 20 kids part. And my eyes just widened.

It has been quite a dull day.

Glee last night was great cos Josh Groban was on it. I don't really like the show, it's under-developed for my taste.

And I don't ever know the guy who won America's got talent last night.

And... out...!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I can't believe I haven't watched this movie until now. It's so unique, it's such a treat.

It's a beautiful movie. It's about a man who was born old and wrinkled but grows younger as the years go by. The plot explores love, loss and memory. I think it's a tragedy, but a beautiful and breathtaking one.

It just gets more heart breaking towards the end. And Brad Pitt was amazing in this movie. Superb acting. And the teenage Brad Pitt is out of this world. His teenage face is truly stunning and flawless, I don't know how Hollywood did that. The eyes just exude purity and youth, those haunting, penetrating eyes. I had never noticed Brad Pitt as such a visually stunning man, even after Mr. and Mrs. Smiths.

On that note, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is a match made in heaven.

I don't know if this movie won an Oscar or not, it should.

And ... out!

Tuesday septemter 15

Today my new Dan Brown novel will arrive. Can't wait to read it!

But I have to finish my maths homework!

Sigh!!!!!

sighted as I strut

I saw an angel today.

And my heart panicked.

I hushed it "No! No!"

And I gripped the borders of my mind

Trying to shut my feelings.

Is it so guilty to be blinded by an angel? Just for a moment?

I love music class

I had a really great class this morning.

It was called music appreciation. And it was probably the best 1.5 hours of class time I have ever had.

Music. Yay!!!!

maths class

I'm in my maths class right now, having a break. It's so boring I must take out my E71 to blog. Haha!

Maths really makes my head hurt. I wish i were pretty and hot so that I won't ever have to study maths again. But I'm not, so oh well....

There was something about trapezoid, my teacher doesn't know what a trapezium is.

So in the United States, trapezoid = trapezium. And they don't understand what a trapezium is.

They = my maths teacher!

what am i?

Yesterday was a good day, I received Alex's book and it is great!

Today started with something bad, I was furious about something and I smashed a crystal glass. It shattered into pieces. I feel like such a monster, a disgusting angry young man. I'm so sorry mom and dad. I don't know what I am anymore. I just couldn't take it. It felt like nothing I did was ever enough for anyone.

Anyway, on a lighter note. I felt happy later on.

And there's no way I can tell the world what made me happy.

So I'll stop blogging here.

And I'm out.

What I did on my birthday!

At 6.30 am I went to work.
At 9.00 am I get off from work.

At 11.10 am I went for a movie.
At 12.20 I watched G-Force. It's not bad. But it's boring.

At 3.00 pm I pick-up my cake.

At 6.30 pm I went out for dinner with my parents.

At 10.00 pm I watched a Vietnamese movie with my parents.

And that concluded my 20th birthday.

=D


And I was happy to receive an email from A.

twenty

Hello World, I Am Twenty!

It's been a crazy period for me, the past few months.

I've come to embrace the truth. Something that has enlightened me greatly and will hopefully take away my depression.

I am finally a happy boy.


Hello Twenty!

Gabe Bondoc - She's out of my life - Tribute to MJ

This is a seriously beautiful voice from a seriously talented singer!

Mom's cup of orange juice

I opened the fridge to get some water.

I saw a cup of orange juice and it made me sad.

Mom made it for me yesterday. Even though she was running late for work, she managed to find some time to squeeze some oranges for me, and put the juice in a cup. She even filtered it to make sure there was no pulps, cos I hate pulps.

I told her I would drink it after I drank Nestea. And I have forgotten about it until today.


Mom did it with love. I forget about it. I forget to appreciate her love.


I'm sorry Mom.

I love you!

Don

I have deserted this blog for too long.

During this time, a lot has happened. I have been on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. There were disappointments, happiness, elation, surprise, sadness,... all rolled into these past few months.

Well, I still view the world as hostile, but I also view the world as peppered with goodness and hope.

Loneliness still befriend me most of the time. Even though when I am surrounded by friends, I can't help feeling out of place inside. It's really hard to find someone who understands me and thinks the way I think.

I just feel quite lonely. I always feel like something missing. And yet, I don't really know what it is. Maybe this is time I should find someone special? I don't know. Even if I search for that special one, I'm sure no one will be interested. haha.

Anyway, I am embracing life. It's so full of disappointments but I want to live and learn and grow and improve.

Well, can't think of anything else to blog about. HAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Sometimes I laugh and it's not even funny. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!

today

I went to work today.
At night-ish, a couple tipped me, twice. The guy is so generous and nice.
Oh, I got quite a lot of tip today. Sadly, I'm not allowed to take any of that.
But that's ok. I don't care about tips.

And I have one research paper to finish. A whole novel to read and make notes. All must be done by Tuesday.

It's manageable. But I need to discipline myself to even START doing them.

START START START, DON!!!!!

30 Rock Season 3 Finale

Hey y'all!

So I've just watched 30 ROCK Season 3 Finale and it was amazing.
It was a 30-min show (with commercial) and it has this many people in it:

Tina Fey (love her)
Alex Baldwin (he's funny)
Elvis Costello (don't really know him)
Mary J. Blige (singer, like Queen Latifah)
Sheryl Crow (I know her)
Adam Levine (hot)
Adam Horovitz (don't know this guy)
Sara Bareilles (some singer)
Wyclef Jean (I think he sang hips don't lie with Shakira)
Norah Jones (WOW, my girl)
Talib Kweli (who?)
Michael McDonald (again, who?)
Rhett Miller (who?)
Moby (this guy is bald)
Robert Randolph (santa claus, that's what comes to my mind; cos I suddenly think Rudolf the red nose reindeer; never mind)
Rachael Yamagata (sounds japanese, but I have no idea who that is)
Cyndi Lauper (sounds familiar)

Yah. It's so star studded, it's so funny. I LOVE LIZ LEMON.
WOO HOO.

I'm happy today. I'm going back to work after a 5-day leave to deal with my stress and depression. I think I'm fit again for work.

Bye. Night!

P.S. Some fun facts about kidney:

1) The average adult kidney can process up to three gallons of liquid in a two-hour period.

2) The first successful kidney transplant took place in London, England in 1954.

3) The kidney has a higher blood flow than the brain, liver and heart.

4) Each kidney is about 4.5 inches long.

5) Each kidney weighs approximately four to six ounces.

6) The kidneys of a newborn baby are about three times larger in proportion to other organs.

7) Kidney beans are named after the kidney because they have the same shape.

8) Kidneys primary function is to get rid of the waste in the blood.

9) Kidneys can change blood pressure.

10) Kidneys help in the making of red blood cells.

i should be back

Not writing on this blog is like deserting an old friend, or so I feel.
Anyway, I'm going through a rough patch and I hope things will be fine soon.

What I have done this week:
1. Sleep.
2. Rest.
3. Watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It's awesome.
4. Watched Star Trek. It's awesome. Great music. But it was so loud.

And I have nothing else to blog about.

Oh yah, it's Kris versus Adam, and I think Adam will win, even though I think Kris is cute-er.
Anyway, he's not that cute.

But even if Adam win, I won't bother buying his CDs or download is songs. I don't think he has the voice I would want to listen to in my free time.

He's just better than the rest, but he's not the best.

daisies, farewell

I'm in tears. I feel painful.

As the last few frames of Pushing Daisies, episode 13 rolled past my eyes, bringing with it so much of a romantic love story, redemption, beautiful storyline, superb acting; I know I have only seconds to witness the greatest love story of all, one that have touched me like nothing before.

And the moment Vivian and Lily opened the door and saw Chuck and Ned.
And the moment a little girl's voice knocked on Emerson's door.
And the last image of Olive.
And the flyover through the whole town.

The first touch that waked Chuck.
And the dog that runs over an endless daisies fields.

Magic.

Goodbye, Chuck.
Goodbye, Olive.
Goodbye Vivian and Lily.
Goodbye, Emerson.

And goodbye Lee Pace.

I'll miss you all.

Farewell!

I haven't felt this much pain in a long time.

love

I want to be in love. I feel so lonely.
I study. I work. I make money. I try. I'm doing everything quite right. But I feel so lonely.

What is this feeling!
I have been watching shows and movies and read tons of things to take my mind away from the fact that I have been so lonely. But whatever I do, I still feel sad!

I hate being useless. And I'm not useless.

I really just need someone to love. I really just need someone to love me. I'm going to turn freaking twenty soon, without love.

And I have just popped "Miss Pettigrew lives for a day" into the dvd slot in my aluminum uni body macbook to forget the fact that I'm so alone.

Tenorboy. Lonely boy. Not loved.

today

I saw someone so cute today!

Oh no gosh no NO NO NO why frak no!!!!!



I must check my brain.
Yup.
Still there!

of all the thing in the world to be allergic of, I'm allergic to latex.
If I ever become a doctor, I will have to use vinyl glove!

and what a weird thing to blog about.

The United Culture of Bali

One of my souvenir T-shirt bought by an Indonesian friend from Bali was ruined today.

It was bought in Bali, brought to Singapore, brought to Vietnam, traveled to the States with me and now it's gone.

I feel like a part of me just died.

Farewell, T-shirt. I'm gonna miss you.


I think I'm a sentimental guy.

revive

This blog is seriously dead.
There is nothing interesting going on nowadays with my life.

But I'm buying a car in two months. Saving.

On American Idol 2009, I love Megan. She is so cute. I totally love her style.
The Matt guy is good this week too.
Anoop Desai is interesting. He's so down to earth and real.
Kris Allen is cute. Nice voice. Seems decent. But he is not that extraordinary.

I seriously can't stand Adam Lambert. His style is very disgusting, I think.
Danny Gokey is so preachy.

an amazing feeling

I felt like I'm on top of a hill, looking down on n the vast green valleys below, winds shuffling my hair, clouds tickle my ears... when I heard this song:

cute and funny

This is an ad for the hi-fi sound of a TV. It's so cute!

wow

This is a YOUTH Orchestra. And boy, they are so good!

ACJC Arts Night 2009

I have just watched some art night performances on facebook and...

...WOW!!!!

I'm so impressed. Marcus Lye is awesome. His voice control is unbelievable.

Seems like the choir has many pros.

seriously

Oh my gee. American Idol is getting SOOOOOOOOOO bad and boring.
The top 3 people from the first group aren't even that good. They are such a snooze fest. My alarm clock can snooze better.

It's so bad that I have to crawl out of bed at 2:00 am and type this.
After which I'll take a shower.
And then go back to bed again.

And by the way, I'm starting college.

Don is weird.

crap post

Ok. I don't have much to say, I just need to post something on my blog cos it's like a ghost town in here.

I still haven't succeeded in sleeping properly.

So my short-term plan:
1) Sleep 8 hours a day.
2) Finish homework 1 week ahead of time.
3) Save money to buy my first car.

And that's it.

And oh my God oh my God, Marcia Gross is getting so beautiful, she's so statue-esque. What should I do what should I do. She must be the most stunning woman on earth.

So seriously. I don't have anything else to say. But I promise a more exciting entry soon.

I kissed a girl

Well, this post is about the song "I kissed a girl" by Katy Perry.

HAHA. This post is no way about me. Whether I ever kissed a girl or not it will never end up on this blog.

I found this really nice and cute version on youtube:

my targets for 2009

1) Save money to buy a car.
2) Study. Seriously.
3) Read more. I'm getting stupid-er.
4) Exercise. So that I can fit in Topman and Club Monaco clothes.
5) Try not to get angry with my parents whenever they quarrel.

And I hope I can achieve all of that!

about a day off

New Year has started! Woo hoo!

On Monday, the store behind mine closed for CNY celebration (they are Vietnamese-Chinese), and my store was still open (my boss is Vietnamese American) so we were very crowded. It was tiring handling the heavy traffic but I had so much fun. The customers were so polite and patient. I had a nice day, even though I was so tired at the end.

I have an issue, something fresh and new and terrifying. I think it's too complicated. So, I decided on Monday night to take Tuesday off to rest and clear up my head. Well, I did rest but I still can't clear up my head. Without work, I think. And when I think, I reflect. The more I reflect, the messier it gets. So lesson learn: I should have worked to avoid thinking. Work makes me forget about my issues.

From now on, I'll try to work more, and exercise more, and keep me busy more, so that I won't have to deal with what I have been worried about. And I hope that by and by, my feelings will be gone so that I'll be back to a normal person.

Change of topic. "How I met your mother" is a cute show. It's not as funny as friends but it's smarter and more endearing. And my favorite character is Barney Stinson. Lily is also a really sweet character.

Oprah is in trouble. I think so. She looks positively unhealthy these days.

I hate HBO dramas. They are so boring.

And I'm *cough* downloading *cough* episode 5 of American Eye Doll. I hope this episode is not as boring as the last four.

And I cannot think of anything else to blog about. I am getting so boring!

=D

lalala

I nearly went ice-skating today. But I did not. Cos I was supposed to go with two guys, and I think I wouldn't have fun ice-skating with two guys. So I did not go.

Plus, I don't know how to ice-skate. I don't even know how to roller-blade.

And that's it for today. Oh by the way, San Francisco's American Idol audition is SOOOO Boring. Isn't there any talent in the Bay Area, California?

And by the way, I live in San Jose, CA which is in the Bay Area. It's a twenty-minute ride from San Francisco.

And that's all for today.

random things

1) Thailand is a damn artsy place. I swear. I came across a clip from a show at a university in Thailand and gosh, they are so good. And that's just a show from a university. Interesting. I want to visit that country before I die.

2) I also want to visit France and Italy before I die. Cos they have amazing buildings and I want to look at the buildings.

3) I also want to visit London. Just for the accent and to see TOPMAN clothes in action. (topman is a british line, just so you know, haha)

4) I'm sleeping late.

5) Oops, britney is getting boring.

6) Obama has a really huge responsibility.

7) I found some acjc 2008 carolling clips. They are good. Awesome. But my favorite song "Follow that star" sounds bad. I hope one day I can meet my acjc choir friends. I miss them like crazy. But I think I won't know what to talk about when I meet them.

8) I'm getting more independent in my own life. I'm dealing with things myself. It's kinda sad but it's safer this way.

Love

Oh my goodness. The 100th episode of Desperate Housewives is so so awesome.
There's no tornado, no guns, no special effects like other seasons. It's just a simple storytelling episode...

... about love. And that's made all the difference. This episode is so touching and beautiful.

My mom watched the part about Lynette and Susan's flashback, and she cried, even though she doesn't understand English and I had to translate on the spot for her.

It's an absolutely beautiful episode.

life is a picnic

hello! I just came across something and it made my day. It's something about my classmate in Singapore.

Ok. My friend has a blog. And it's funny.

There's a lot of things I want to say but I don't know how to start. I was placed in an amazing class, really. There were a lot of characters, and laughter. On the first day I talked to a guy in the class, thinking that he was here 3 months before me and maybe he knows about the class and such blah blah. But it turned out the class had like 5 guys if I am not wrong. None of them know one another. And the girls are mostly new too. So the chemistry was kinda weird. There were so many backgrounds.

As time goes by, I find my class highly entertaining. And most importantly, they make me feel like I exist. They make me feel like I'm part of them. And that's cool. And that means a lot. Argh, how do I convey my thoughts without being sentimental? Hmm. I hope you know what I mean.

It was really fun to hang out with my friends during recess. Although I didn't really talk, listening to you all talking made me laugh so much. Really. I remember time in the canteen, in the Cafe, the LT, the LT3, etc... It was fun.

And one of the friend who always makes the people around her laugh is the one I mentioned in the first part of this very post. She's a good friend. She's also cca friend. And even though I studied with her one whole year, I don't think I had the chance to get to know her. I am a bad friend, aren't I!

I was so indulged in my own problems that I forget about nearly everything else, my study, my friends, my roomate, my goals, my future... I was such a worthless thing in 2007. I am still mad at myself for being such a nonsense, a drippy, pessimistic, weak trainwreck back then.

I reflect a lot. I am that type. And all the things I did in 2007 were wrong. The person I was in 2007 was useless.

I just hope that I can fix 2007. And I hope I would get another chance to know my class. They are so nice to me I think. I am still very thankful for that.


I might be a different person now. I'm more sane. I think I am starting to piece my life together. I have a better outlook. I am a little more optimistic. And I hope I will be fine.

I suddenly hate anything that reminds me of my former self. The scars on my arms, my long fringe... I am not an emo anymore, I have just got rid of my fringe. My hair is short and neat now, even though I look so ugly in it. But that's fine, I have never been cute anyway. Haha! I hope the scars will be gone soon. It's still visible on my left arm. That's scary.

I write this post to tell my friends that I love them. Yes, I love you as a friend. Thank you so much for being a good friend. I also write this post to get some kind of closure. I have been reflecting about my year 2007 and I just need some closure.

And if I have caused you any problems during that year, I am so sorry. I really am.

American Idol

American Idol is back. WOOHOO. I love watching American Idol. The first episode is funny. Entertaining. The new judge is good and promising. She's kinda pretty I think.

On a different but quite related note, Vietnam Idol just crowned this guy. He has a decent voice, a decent personality and a decent look. But I am not crazy about this guy. He's quite ordinary, there's nothing so special about him.


He will represent Vietnam in Asian Idol 2009 and I hope he will do a good job. I hope he will at least sing English songs with a decent pronunciation.

:D

update

I really want to blog but there's nothing much to blog about these days.

The good thing is my life has less drama now. But the bad thing is everyday is nearly the same as another, it's kinda boring. Anyway, I'm thankful to have a more peaceful life.

I have just bought a Dell computer for my parents. It's kinda kick-ass. All I have to do now is pay back for my credit card when the bank statement come.

My goals:
1) Save money to buy a car.
2) Record more songs.

And I hope I can achieve these two goals. It sounds easy but it's hard for me because I'm such a spendthrift.

Desperate Housewives is a really well-written show. I like it. It's funny.

I hope Josh Groban, Jason Mraz and Corrinne May will release new CDs soon.

...

And I'm out.

what a cute song

Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat =]