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It's x'mas eve tdy, n all around S'pore was filled with the air of X'mas, except chinatown.
Let's talk about TP first. Everyone was carrying bags of x'mas presents to sch. Well i supposed that's for their loved ones, but i didn't bring it along, cos my friends are scattered around the whole TP, and how do i know whether they have class tdy? Only if they gathered around one place, then it is possible for me to bring some gifts or at least a X'mas log for them. Met Angela, Chee Wee, Raymond, Natalie, Ian and Paul before seeing my PCC gp member and Mdm Meenachi. And after meeting for 1/2hr, gotta roush home to finish my 400 Blows.
Next, library. Bedok Library was the place where i mugged my Corp Comm, before making the way to library@esplanade for the usual dvd loan. Borrowed The Hours (!), Entrapement, The Contract aka Mai Shen Qi by the Hui brothers, who was well known their hilarious comedy in the 70's in HK, and last but not least, Barocco, an French thriller starring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. Can't stay anymore longer as the library closes at 5pm. So headed straight down to Chinatown for my X'mas present, and u know what is it by now. The ost of Before Sunset.
Somehow, just feel that the songs in Before Sunrise were rather old. Just 4 ya general info, this album is a combination soundtrack of 2 movies, namely Before Sunrise and Sunset. Cos no soundtrack were released for Sunrise 9 yrs ago, so everything was crammed into this 11 track soundtrack. Cost me $16.50 to get it from the Chinatown wet market, cos e shop aka Visma trading do not have e stock. Actually preferred Visma, as it has more choices, though shop is small and crammy. One advantage about buying cds from Chinatown besides the price: lotsa good makan in the area. At the wet market, after my cd shopping (if i buy from there), u can just take their very old esclator to level 2 for good food. If u go there by day, u can savour Er Gu Tan Shui aka 2nd aunt's Dessert. Ya know, their sesame and peanut paste just taste like heaven. If Er Gu is closed, visit 521 Dessert (is it 521? i couldn't remember.) Equally good. If u would like to have dinner, go for the claypot chicken rice. Cooked using charcoal, it gurantees u a good meal, so long as u do not mind paying $5 for a serving of 2, and don't mind waiting for minimum 1/2hr. And of course lotsa other goodies lah, but their hygiene is definitely questionable. As for Visma, there are 2 snack stalls selling fishball, siew mai, yam/carrot cake, deep friend sausage and pineapple drink. A decent snack with a drink might simply cost u slightly around $2+, depend on what u eat. Had a siew mai there, though it's pretty expensive, but not bad. Or mabey like to try California Lemon's, e 1st company that i worked for. (Wonder why they relocated to the singboard owned by Yangtze cineplex. If u do not know what e heck i am talking abt, go there and while getting yourself a lemonade, do look up: u will see the poster of Antonio Banderas hugging Angelina Jolie in Original Sin)
Went straight to Far East looking for Shahrin to had my dog tag chain changed, cos i want a longer chain. And just visited Cindy's blog, and she couldn't locate Lips or Cheeks. Well it's ok, cos u may want to try harder next time, as the location was rather bad. It was hidden somewhere inside. For Cheeks, look up for this small kopitiam selling chicken rice, and rite infront is Cheeks. Lips may be slightly a problem. Turn right when u step out of Cheeks, and walk straight. U will see a video rental store pasting posters of TVB 80's drama series. On the adjacent, it's Lips. Look out for celebs figures wearing those leather clothings. Couldn't see Shahrin, so went to Lips and check up the price. After checking the price, i just feel that i would rather get myself another dog tag. It will now make me own 2 dog tags n a chain. Make it like any other street teens wearing it. :P
Went straight to Lido, and saw the poster of Pedro Almodovar's La Mala Educacion!!!!!! Sigh...why cheer? i can't watched it anyway. It's been rated R21 with cuts for Mature theme. (To all the gay pals n sistas, u will definitely love this show.) For ya info, it will be one of the R21 flicks screen during the Chinese New Year period. Mabey Shaw will be fighting with Overseas for their quality B-Korean porn during CNY period? La Mala Educacion opens on 27 Jan.
While taking No 7 home, i send my X'mas greeting to my friends, with those whom i remebered, i send as much as possible. And i do get replies in the end, with some asking who am i. Well, definitely need to update them. Simple: this is the season where love is in the air. It's time to call up the old freinds, asking how are they.
When's the last time u set down and had a proper chat with ya old friends? Living in a hectic and fast moving society where fast and efficiency dominates (or rather drives us gaga) us, we simply had no time to sit down and have a nice chit chat. What do i mean by sitting down and have a nice chit chat? Mabey happened to bump each other and chat for a short while, exchange contacts. Better still, do what Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy did in Before Sunset: sit down and have a cup of coffee. If u want to go to the extend of taking a tour boat and going to a park, that would be better! Best of all, a gathering. Let's party and talk about life...but do we have the time? Only when calls were made, reminders were send to everyone. OK, mabey this might work. Sometimes it might just really be sweet to know how each other was doing by talking for a while.
However, the world pressure: school and work simply squeeze out our time for work and studies. Sometimes whe we meet each other was just nothing more than a standard Hi and bye when bump on each other. Hey, do that to people who u meet often. For long lost friends, mabey a few mins of conversation would be ideal? The whole story do not simply ends with a standard hi and bye bye..if that's so, we old friends are nothing more than strangers. Sometimes, it might be kinda disheartening to hear your old friends asking who are u when u send ur season's greeting to them, but when u tell them who are u, and it reminds them of u, they might send u a reply of, 'oh! u r so and so...hey, how's life?' To this stage, all disappointments will simply just fly off. And when they give u a reply, wishing u all e best, u will feel even better, at least u know there are people in this world who knows your existence. You are not alone in this world, and u won't sing lonely lonely x'mas, like one of the songs performed by Eason Chan.
Oh yeah, i just wonder how many times i've listened to Je T'aime Tant from Julie Delpy on the player...anyway, hope u all enjoy this lovely season, and don't forget to send a greeting to ur loved ones! When's the last time u send a greeting to ur old friends?
Merry Merry X'mas
Shen Dan Kuai Le!
Selamat Hari Kristmas!
Joyeux Noel!