The $10 KTV Session

My cousin brought me to this really cool KTV outlet in Smith St., Chinatown and boy was the place cool! You can have free flow of drinks and they even give you a bowl of complimentary shark's fin soup! I would like to state for the record that I am against the consumption of shark's fin due to the inhumane way of killing the poor animals but still no KTV I have been to can match up to their price and value for money. Simply amazing! I know I sound like a caveman being so ignorant to the KTV scene in Singapore.

After all, this coming from a guy whose repertoire consists of like maybe 4 English songs and 2 Chinese songs that should not be too surprising. Anyway, I am definitely going back there again but I would definitely need to learn some new songs, apparently its kind a no-no to sing songs to MTVs which consists of babes in bikinis having nothing to do with the song.

I have included a video here showing my cousin and her friend doing their exellent rendition of 'First Love' by Hikaru Utada. There is also a green ninja in the video....watch out for him.

Love or Money

I don't have a car and I don't have money
So the gals always tell me 'No way, Honey'

My love and care isn't good enough
Cause you said that life would be tough

Just being with me would be such a chore
So you start to set sail for a richer shore

It doesn't matter if he's older or uglier
As long as he is much wealthier

'Don't worry be happy' does not apply here
Cause most feel my job is not my career

Lamenting and complaining is sure not helping
Could I earn more if I started pimping?

Love me? Love my money?
Apparently so for my Asian honey

Felicity

One heart torn between two loves
One mind seeking solace in droves

Undecided,
heart divided

One half seeks passion and excitement,
The other seeks stability and contentment

Lust or love,
or none of the above

Oh, when will she see the light
When can she give up this fight

Fight or flight
Stay the night?

Heart so brokened and troubled
Seeking love, efforted doubled

Cry or smile
Walk the mile

Tears and rain run down her face
A home she has yet belonging no place

Closure

I have wondered how I would react if I ever saw my ex again after our breakup. Would I be angry, sad or would I avoid seeing her at all. Well, that question was answered when I saw her today when she was knocking off to go and get her bf a Christmas gift.

I ran and caught up with her, when I called her name she was a little apprehensive but she did not run or anything. We had a decent and cordial conversation and realise that we could stil communicate without any one of use turning into animals.

Overall, I guess it was fate that allowed me to meet her again. From our short 15-minute conversation, I managed to confirm a lot of things that I had been wondering about. Like why exactly she left me for the other guy. I realised that money played an important factor too. A stone-broke guy like myself would have problems settling down with no money in the bank. I guess ultimately the love in that relationship could not stand the test of money. Ha ha. Maybe then there was really no love in it at all and it was all just one sided? Oh well, its water under the bridge.

Perhaps it is high time I start re-looking at my finances and REALLY start to plan for my future....though its like the umpteenth time i have told myself this. SAVE SAVE SAVE!

A December To Remember

Its soothing hands caress my face

Soft and gentle, like English lace

The glistening of a drop of dew

Yet those who savoured it are few

Its warmth blankets against the cold

Safe I am, sheltered between its fold

The eternal sunset stays in mind

Seen even by those who are blind

Its power makes precious stones

Cheapened, turned dust and bones

The expansiveness of the ocean

Would seem small by its comparison

Its light would show the very way

To place for the world-weary to stay

I speak of love, its power and greatness

The source of both grief and much happiness

I speak of love because I felt it and I knew it

But I speak not more of it because I found it

I found it in the month of December,

A December for which I will remember

Its the most wonderful time of the year!

Alright people we have finally made it to December 2007! Woooooohooooooo! In my opinion, its the best damn freaking month of the year! Its not just the because Christmas is round the corner or because of New Year's Eve. December is a month that represents closure and it also represents a period of reflection.

I certainly have done my own reflection of 2007. I felt in general, I have had a pretty good year with the obvious exceptions of two major boo-boos at work and my breakup. I guess I learnt to take things in my stride and always, always, always look on the bright side of life.

I also strongly believe that whatever happens to me, happens for a reason. Call it fate, luck or god's will, if things have not happened the way they did I certainly would not be where I am today.

The curious thing is that all the good things that happened, happened only after the breakup. For one thing, I became closer to the Velvetine girls and have almost become a "sister" to them.
I also managed to re-established contact with one of my "long-lost" cousins and have made acquaintances with some of her cooler friends.(haha) But I guess the most important event that occurred was meeting a certain someone who somehow made me feel I could love again.

I know some people who know me will feel that this is like a normal kind of thing for me but what most people don't know is that I have cried my eyes out everytime I go through a breakup. I put up a happy front so that no one will know my true suffering but the pain and sorrow is all there. I carry it with me everyday, the lucky thing is that the period of carrying the emotional baggage is over.

The very thought of finding someone so quickly often frightens me and sometimes leaves me skeptical. I question myself whether that someone is a rebound? The answer at first was so unclear, but very quickly the answer revealed itself....

Anyways, I am definitely looking forward to all the exciting things that will be happening next year.....especially the trip to Tokyo! I fervently wish that my life will get increasingly better and that my career will have more opportunities for growth!

But before we can even hit 2008, I need to start planning for my Christmas activities and presents.

Ah....This is truly a December to remember!