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Friday, March 04, 2005 @ Between photographs and Damien Rice
Can blog finally...after the few day's battle of Corp Comm project.

This am is our big day, where i have to don a suit with a red tie, and glad to hear from Sue that my red tie looks nice. Because everyone is presented in their best outfit, so the ladies and gentlemen from the HR/Corp Comm elective spend about 25min taking photographs. Yes, 25mins of snapping here and there in Comm hub. Shortly after our class presentation, Corp Comm hub is our playground. We snapped here and there. Currently only uploaded 1 onto friendster. More coming up soon.

As if i have to snap pics for the gals is not enough, i am seeing Julia Roberts snapping pics for Jude Law and Natalie Portman in tears this afternoon. Catched Closer this pm at Suntec, and just wonder: when was the last time i stepped into Eng Wah's theatre? Had the membership card but did not catch movies from them often, thus i do not earned much points from them. Sigh...why do i say Julia Roberts is snapping pics? She plays a photographer who take pics for Jude Law, a newspaper reporter cum an author for his upcoming new book. Why did Portman cry? She overhears the conversation b/w Roberts and Law, and suspects that Roberts is snatching Law. When Law plays a prank on Clive Owen, a doctor seeking for sex partners online, he patches up Owen and Roberts online. The prank results in both falling in love. Eventually, the relationships between the 4 not only ends up in a mess, but also to an end where one would not only have to bear the nasty consequences, but also a relationship where it scars all of them deeply.

What does it got to do with Damine Rice, the indie pop singer? Damien's song, The Blower's Daughter, is the theme song for Closer. Here comes the $1000 question: Who is Damien Rice?

No, nothing got to do with the staple food the Asian eats. It's not nasi padang, not yangzhou fried rice or sushi. Neither was Rice born in Dick Lee's Fried Rice Paradise. Damien Rice is a Irish born singer who creats intense melodic music underpinned by emotionally acute lyrics. Can't talk much about him cos i just know him about...less than 48hrs ago. Ah ha, he was the bf of Renee Zelleweger!

Thanks to Closer, Singaporeans would only be exposed to Damien Rice. If not, only a handful of Singaporeans would know who is Damien Rice. This is an extract of Rice's The Blower's Daughter, the theme song of Closer:

and so it is
just like you say that it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...

'il I find somebody new

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