2008 and 2009 has unmistakingly been a horrible year for many. Besides the fact that the US has a black president or the fact that the latest season of American Idol is hands down the best ever, we’ve gotta admit that catastrophe is everywhere.
In the past few months, we’ve seen the credit crisis, the Sichuan quake, the quake in A’quila, the Kinglake fires, the Mumbai bombings, the swine flu scare, the Turkish bloodbath, the protests against governments around the world, the Tamil Tigers plotting attacks, Israel and Palestine at loggerheads for years, suicide bombers everywhere. The aftermath played out in slow motion and is playing out still. These are grave reminders that our world is degrading instead of improving.
A tearjerker movie may take us on an emotional ride but the headlines of people dying everyday leaves us cold. It’s become the norm.
Talking about movies, I’m reminded about Red Thread and Fighting Spiders. Red Thread is lame. The acting is so stiff and the pronunciation is far from great. Fighting Spiders is kinda cool. The fattie Charlie is so adorable! American Idol Semi-finals tonight! Yay!
Last month, Zhen and I had a mini celebration for Nut. Gimlim couldn’t come on time. Haven’t seen Gimlim for a long long time. Worse, I haven’t seen John since A Levels. He wasn’t there at Prom. Did I see him on results day? I have bad memory man... Anyway, I really miss all my friends. I hope Zhen chooses NUS!!
The floorballers did not miss the NJ-VJ match. No way! We were rooting for or juniors and I would say even though they were defeated, they played amazingly well and I’m proud of them! Later, we hung out at Junction 8, eating amidst bright orange lights and suspicious cleaners. We had a blast catching up with one another, shooting the breeze and taking pictures with a horse/shoe. Not to forget trying to take group photos but always cutting Chewyan out of the picture. Man, it was funny. Chewyan was trying her best to stretch her hand but the lens refused to let her in. Hahaha!
Friends at Timbre, Clark Quay
Floorballers!
