It’s all about me, baby. When you’re too lazy to upload your photos and write about all your recent trips, this is what you do…. Take a online personality quiz! Here are the results: Your view on yourself: You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties. The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for: You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true. Your readiness to commit to a relationship: You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person. The seriousness of your love: Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates. Your views on education Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can. The right job for you: You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don’t focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success. How do you view success: You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don’t succeed. Don’t give up when you haven’t yet even started! Be courageous. What are you most afraid of: You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel. Who is your true self: You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve. do you think this is an accurate assessment? do tell. Flying Off Again! In less than 7 hours’ time, I’ll be flying off again to someplace where there’s only us. i’m really quite excited and looking forward to the time we’ll be spending together - exploring a new destination and going through some new experiences along the way. wish me all the best! i can’t wait! Human Rights versus Reality Check I came across an interesting article posted on The Online Citizen today. The main thrust of this article revolved around the pressing need and reasons why Singapore needs to actively enforce human rights. Based on the current situation and some of the comments left by other readers, it seems as though a large majority of us are just an apathetic and/or materialistic bunch that couldn’t really be bothered about this issue. Perhaps this might be true, or perhaps some of us have given up caring because it has simply proven to be a futile effort. I applaud those before who have fought on this…but, realistically speaking, there seems to be little to show for it. Whatever it is, as I was reading the article, one question that popped up in my mind is: In the face of rising commodity prices (i.e. raw materials like food and fuel), some families are already finding it a struggle to meet their basic needs…and how many would actually place more significance on this human rights issue as compared to another that could potentially threaten our livelihood? Somehow, I sense that this is going to be helluva fight – going uphill all the way. The 7 meme (tagged by CowGoesMoo) i’m doing this meme (as tagged by CowGoesMoo, to let him know that i haven’t gone missing in action - just that i might take some time to respond). 7 random facts about me: 1. i’m a piscean 2. i’m in love with mac gizmos 3. i’ve a little lian-ish element in me - remnants of a long-ago past 4. i’m not very gu-niang despite how i look - never judge a book by its cover, people! 5. i live and work in a organized mess - keyword’s “organized” 6. i don’t like sapphire bombay 7. on weekdays, i often get cranky without my morning coffee 7 things that scare me: 1. supernatural 2. failure - in any aspects 3. not living up to expectations, especially my own 4. being stuck in a senseless political rat-race where people have no integrity nor morals 5. some creepy crawlies 6. losing passion/motivation or becoming disillusional 7. hitting 3-0 7 random music at the moment: 1. david cook - always be my baby 2. chris brown - with you 3. flo feat. t-pain - low 4. unXpected - all i wanna do is make love to you 5. atlantic starr - masterpiece 6. toni braxton - how could an angel break my heart 7. zhang hui mei - ru guo ni ye ting shuo 7 things i say the most (author’s note: this category is lame): i don’t need 7 - i just need a signature line. 1. f$#k off and die. 7 things i treasure the most (not in order of preference): 1. peace 2. family 3. her 4. friends 5. being happy 6. being economically self sufficient 7. health 7 “first time” things i ever did: author’s note: another stupid category, there’s a first time for everything you’ve ever done right? 7 people to do this: author’s note: no more victims please - this meme is too darn lame! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland! After a massive shopping trip at Bangkok, I’ve made my way back to our sunny city with almost excessive baggage and absolutely penniless (in terms of Baht currency, of course). Once back at work, tons of emails and preparing for my work trip to Helsinki, Finland have kept me so busy that I haven’t managed to blog about my Bangkok trip in richer details. It has been only less than a week, and I had to go off to Helsinki again. Although it’s supposed to be the beginning of summertime here, it’s still at an extremely chilly 5 deg cels. i’m freezing my toes off as we speak. i’ve been here for almost 2 days now but haven’t managed to do any sightseeing…my days are occupied with seminars (afterall, this is a work trip) but i’m hoping to get some free time during my trip to look around and get the feel of this city. it’s almost 2AM in this part of the world now and i really should hit the bed before i start dozing off in my seminars tomorrow, or technically, today. more later! sweet dreams to me, and good morning to you. p/s: and i’m missing you dearly. really wish that you were here too. travel plans for may if you still don’t know, i will be going to bangkok for holidays this friday and finland for work at the end of may. as much as it may come as a surprise, this will be my virgin trip to bangkok - the land of endless shopping. although i’m not much of a shopping fan, it will be fantastic to take a break from work and explore a new and exciting city, especially when its nightlife holds so much promise! thai girl shows, ah-go-go bars, patpong and many many more! if you have any recommendations for must-go places for these two cities, do drop me a line and let me know! as of now, my traveling mates have already gone berserk with excitement… and they’re flooding my inbox with endless chatter about the upcoming bangkok trip while i’m still trying to keep my cool. heh. countdown: 4 days and counting… as much as i’m excited about this holiday, i know that i will be leaving a part of me behind in singapore. i’ll miss you. trying my damnest honestly, i’m trying my damnest/hardest at holding it all together without letting anything slip. i’m being pulled from all directions…and the line is as taut as it can get. i’m going to snap soon…and we’ve already had a preview today. how long more can i last? let’s wait and see. the alleged public relations day note: this is a back-dated post. a fun take on what’s pr about themediaslut has declared 9 april to be the day to highlight and celebrate the work that pr professionals do. there’s no particular cause or reason behind this movement. it’s just a fun thing to do. let’s see how long or how many people will it take to get this off the ground - if ever. i’m plugging this purely because i’m in the said field as well and since more than 95% of my friends do not know what being in public relations entails, it will be a good opportunity to educate the general public on what the pr profession is really about. i said, if this ever takes off, okay? meanwhile, happy public relations day to all! mis-judgement as a rule of thumb, i tend to trust someone until proven otherwise because i believe that people should give others the benefit of the doubt. recently, i have a friend who has put this belief to the test - time and time again. right now, i’m thinking of how i should handle this in the best way possible. i’m starting to realize that i might really just be a lousy judge of character…even after being around for 25 years. naivety or stupidity? it’s a bloody fine line.. p/s: in other news, man utd has just ended arsenal’s dreams with their 2-1 win at home. as much as i don’t want to admit it, i have to say that man utd’s second goal was truly impressive. my love affair with roses note: this is a backdated post roses have always been highly sought-after as it is the ultimate symbol of love, especially in the victorian times where the flower has inspired many famous poets and playwrights such as william shakespeare in their literary works. an ardent fan of literature works based on the victorian times, it would come as no surprise that roses will be my favorite flowers too. to be specific, red roses. the fiery red color signifies burning passion that threatens to scald the bearer, in contrast to its tender petals that feel like silk to the touch. this blatant contrast seems to hold a special attraction for me. anyhow, the point of this post - thank you for this. as much as i loved the flowers, it was more the thought and effort that you’ve went through to find out that these were my favorites that touched me more. 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To view it please enter your password below: Password: send nadnut to ozzie one of the dearest people that i’ve gotten to know through blogging is nadnut, a spunky and absolutely adorable girl and she’s been shortlisted amongst the top 7 in the unexpected australia adventure contest. out of these 7 contestants, the top 3 winners will get to win a 9 days trip to whichever destinations that they’ve chosen and for nad, that’ll be sydney. these top 3 winners will be determined by an online voting poll from 3 - 10 march, which means that the results are determined by you! yes, stop looking around, you! so hurry up and vote for her. oh, are you asking why? i’ll let her entry speak for itself. convinced now? here’s how you can go about voting: register here, then, head to nad’s userpage here to click and vote for her! need an extra push? then listen to this: voters for this contest will also stand a chance to win a macbook air, a sony ericsson k8501, a nikon b60, a nintendo wii and 2 sandisk ducati thumbdrive (4gb)! so, stop waiting and start clicking to send nad to ozzie! p/s: nad, we’ll all expect presents if you win this! heh. what people ought to know, but don’t - especially me i’ve learnt one very important thing over my last weekend: NEVER (and i really mean never ever) eat flu medicine before going for a drinking session. you’ll be out before you know it. and you won’t even know what the fuck hit you until it’s too late. take it from me. p/s: sorry for the delay in the birthday pictures, they’ll be up soon - i promise! by this week, no less. pp/s: happy birthdays to the feb/march babies - gracey, wendy and ivan! happy birthday to me - another 365 days older another 365 days have passed and i’m one year older again. it’s my birthday and i’m stuck at the kl international airport waiting for my flight home - exhausted and incredibly sleepy. what a lousy way to spend this special day - not sleeping enough, worrying and working my ass off. damn it. anyway, happy birthday to me. more updates on this eventful work trip when i’m back home - the internet connection is horrible here. p/s: thank you for all the birthday wishes, i’m really touched that you remembered! this is the day i know that this is back-dated, but this is one of the significant moments in my life and it needs to be in here. finally i’ve taken a step forward after much hesitation and doubts - and one of the major factors is that you’ve inspired me enough for me to overcome my fears to risk it again. for that, i thank you. and i’m looking forward to us. “blogging” has gone to the dogs if anyone has noticed, there seems to be a wave of old-time bloggers shutting down their blogs recently. sad to say, quite a number of them are blogs that i read regularly. i used to remember a time, not very long ago, where there were only a handful of people whom i knew were blogging. although lacking in quantity, most of these blogs were interesting, down to earth or, at the very least, worth someone’s time. i don’t know when, or how, it happened. from a relatively obscure activity/hobby, blogging suddenly become the most talked-about “in” thing in town. everyone, who was anyone, started logging onto the internet and established their own blogs. from there, this phenomenon quickly developed into an unstoppable tidal wave - blog aggregators, blog advertisements… all types of blog “accessories”. you name it, someone has invented it. and it didn’t stop there. from being a pure leisure activity/hobby, blogging soon evolved into a money-generating tool with the popularization of blog ads. most of the blog ad mechanisms work on the general principal, as below: the higher the traffic volume for blog = the more blog ad income for blog owner. under such a mechanism, it will only make economic sense for the financially-motivated blog owner to try to increase the volume of traffic to his/her blog. how? - is the next question. now, that’s an easy question. what are people most interested in? ans: sex. that’s why we have the saying - “sex sells’. enter the proliferation of blog entries with sex-related titles. coupled with the rise of blog aggregators, blog entries with such sexual innuendo quickly raised to the top of the most popular charts, once again proving the old adage. sexual innuendo aside, these blog entries don’t even have any content - at all! some post links to websites of questionable nature, some are just pure lame nonsense…the list goes on. the contraversial titles are just baits to lure readers into clicking through and entering their blog sites to prop up traffic volume. i’m not even saying that the quality of blogs has gone down. what quality?! although i’m not the ah kong of singapore blogs, like mrbrown, nor did i popularize blogging, like xiaxue. but i’ve been blogging for a relatively long time…from the time when people went “blog? what’s that?” to them going “oh yar, i’m a blogger too!” i started blogging to find an outlet for things that i couldn’t express verbally, especially when my feelings were in a turmoil or going topsy turvey on me and words seemed to be the most effective way for me to express how i feel or vent those frustrations. i didn’t want to tell people i had an online diary, right in the beginning, because i didn’t want to share that inner world - where i wrote down my honest, naked feelings under an anonymous guise. slowly, i begun to realize that there was a handful of others who were the same way, who expressed their thoughts and feelings in words. it was refreshing to be able to share thoughts or opinions with them, without fear of being judged since we were all veiled by the internet. as these like-minded people got to know each other better, being anonymous no longer seemed that important. blogging had seemed to be a more-or-less accepted norm, abeit being a lesser known activity. it was good that way. however, with the recent developments (or should i say “degradation”) in this area, the thought of uttering the word “blogger” rings so fake in my ears. blogging has turned into a fad…one that many people follow mindlessly, or do just for the sake of making money, trying to become famous etc. blogging has gone to the dogs. of course, this does not apply to everyone who blogs. there are still those who stick by their guns and blog on maintaining their own integrity or objectives. these, i admire and respect. how can we return to a simpler time - where blogging was merely a true reflection or expression of how one feels? the jay chou concert - part i the jay chou concert was good. spectacular showmanship, theatrics and effects. and the atmosphere was so overwhelming with screaming fans and waving lightsticks. it was a busy, exhausting but extremely fulfilling weekend. will update on it more later. 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To view it please enter your password below: Password: post of weary i’m sick and tired of all the nonsense. when will it ever cease? stop taking advantage of my trust and faith in people, it will run dry one day and that day is coming really soon. 如果你也听说 最近发生了很多事，不知道从何说起。 心情起伏不定，却又表达不出来。 既然有口难言，就让歌曲说出心情的写照。。。 每次听到这首歌，都觉得感触很深。 也许是歌词写的感人，还是歌手感情丰富。 无论怎样，她都唱出了某些感受， 某些伤痛。。。让听的人产生共鸣。 就希望当这首歌唱完时，感触也就此结束。 …while beginning a new chapter. just like most people, the beginning of a new year is always a good time for me to review happenings of yesteryear - the highlights, events or memorable moments. in 2007: met one of my favourite bloggers, kenny sia, and kicked the men’s asses at risk - together with nadnut. arrival of my new nephew, shijie (potential heartthrob-in-the-making alert). not one, but two, of my cousins got hitched. caught long-anticipated musical, phantom of the opera, with mr g. met jolin tsai at a media conference i was organizing. decided upon and made a career-related change. experienced my first kelong stay. threw caution and fear to the wind… and achieved a few other “firsts” (that you don’t need to know, of course!). one of my closest friend / senior got hitched too (yay!) - this will warrant a totally separate post by itself later. caught another long-anticipated ballet, swan lake again - this time by a different ballet company. it was through these experiences (and, of course, many others) that i’ve grew to understand myself a little better and gained further insight on people around me. good or bad, i’m thankful that i’ve survived 2007. looking towards the future - 2008: to make further advancement in career. to spend more time with family and friends. to try to keep my new year resolutions (yes, i’ve made a few!). to blog more regularly (i realized that there might have been less than 40 posts in total for 2007, my gosh!). yes, missyling.wordpress.com is coming alive again after hibernating for….goodness knows how long it has been. seeya. here’s to a fabulous new year, and a new beginning! 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To view it please enter your password below: Password: the arsenal - man utd showdown it’s today! the arsenal - man utd showdown. post-henry, the young gunners have proven themselves to be resilient players who have churned out fantastic results lately. if they go on to triumph over man utd, it will be one helluva validation. such anticipation - i’m holding my breath! go gunners! update: the game ended with a draw of 2-2 although it wasn’t fantastic, i think it was pretty good effort by the young players in arsenal. way to go! 377A - to stay or to go? it’s not your call. i’ve just been on a weekend getaway to tanjong pinang - beautiful part of indonesia where you can experience and be engulfed by the open skies, clear seas and endless serenity. however, the latest news that have been hogging the headlines of every mainstream paper in singapore have greatly disturbed me. 377A there have been much heated discussions, on and off the political scene, regarding penal code 377A. extracted from wiki:  377A (”outrages on decency”) states that:  any male person who, in public or private, commits or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. all legal lingo aside, what i understand from this statement simply is that: gay sex is against the law. some members of the public, and even certain celebrities, have stepped up and voiced their disagreement / disapproval of this penal code. appeals, video and web-logs have also been established and publicized in an attempt to repeal 377A. and what was the result? 377A stays. for a city-state that is aiming to cultivate an “open and inclusive” society, these dissent voices seemed to have been ignored on the grounds that our society is not yet ready to accept such a radical move. concerns regarding the probable disintegration of our basic family units (deemed to be normal) and the active promotion of a homosexual lifestyle have also been raised as reasons for 377A to stay. we’re not ready yet, they said. yes, i can accept that. we might not be ready for now. but when will we ever be if nothing ever changes? let’s look at it in another context. in the past, singapore’s economic strengths used to lie in its manufacturing and electronics sectors. however, with globalization and the rise of other economic superpowers such as china, our competitive advantages were rapidly eroded. they told us: to progress and survive, we must innovate, initiate and accept changes. hence, we struggled and strived to transform ourselves from a manufacturing-focused economy to one that is services-based. even when there was a misfit between our workforce’s skills and those that were required of a services-based economy, they said we had to upgrade ourselves. only through constant skill-upgrading and adaptation can we continue to grow and prosper. programs, initiatives and incentives were put into place to encourage and facilitate this great change but still, it wasn’t easy with the onslaught of various challenges such as structural unemployment etc. maybe it’s still too early to say that we’ve successfully transformed ourselves 100%, but it would be fair to say that we’ve gained significant amount of ground on this path. moral of the lesson? we’ll never be ready if changes are not allowed to take place. how can we ever progress if things remain status quo? it’s just like keeping a baby chained down for fear of him falling and hurting himself - he’ll never learn to walk, much less run. applying this to the 377A saga, don’t you see a similarity? i’m not advocating homosexuality and to me, it’s neither right nor wrong. it’s a personal preference / choice that individuals make with regards to their lifestyle. since heterosexual individuals have the freedom to make their choices, why are we depriving homosexuals of this right? are they lesser than others? do they not deserve to enjoy the same rights and privileges that are given freely to others? we might have come far in our pursuit of economic well-being but have we really progressed in a holistic manner? have we truly become better people or did we just mask our “ignorance” (as opposed to being more open and accepting to a wider range of views) behind dazzling material gains? i ponder. maybe it’s time we took a cold, hard look at where we’re going last week, i caught a long-anticipated show - sicko. judging the movie by its title initially, i had imagined that this will be a movie akin to those like scary movie 1, 2 or 3 which were lame and featured slapstick, copy-cat humourless jokes. however, upon reading the film’s description from the net, i realised that this was more of a reality-type of movie. although it will be too much of a stretch to call sickoa documentary, this film paints the hard reality of how the health-care system operates in the united states. using an often sarcastic but humorous way, michael moore explored and portrayed how the less-than-privileged (i.e. those with no health insurance) were suffering in the states. you might ask “why didn’t these people get health insurance then? wouldn’t it make things easier for everyone?” yeah, like they didn’t think of that huh. things ain’t so simple. to buy a health insurance, you’ll need to go through approval processes which are determined by the health insurance companies themselves. as for those who are privileged enough to have health insurance, there are still barriers such as the scope of their insurance, under what circumstances did you fall sick etc etc. fail any one item - your insurance is rendered invalid - and that means no compensation. the most horrifying thing is that these health insurance companies actually hire people to employ scare tactics to “persuade” the patients not to claim their insurance (from what i interpreted from the movie). doesn’t this sound like mob-like? the movie also revealed the following scenes: some major health insurance companies have their fingers and toes dipped in politics to lobby for health bills to be passed so that they could make more money off their drugs or treatments. patients and people in dire need of medical treatment being brutally thrown out of hospitals because they’ve no money for medical bills. one of the scenes included an old lady patient being discarded from a hospital onto a cab and later, onto a public road from the cab some distance away. disorientated and lost, the old lady just wandered around along the busy road until a volunteer from a shelter found her. moore also compared the health-care systems in the states against those of canada and other europe countries where they practised universal health-care (i.e. free health-care for everyone - paid with the people’s taxes). apparently, in the past, there were some voices in the states which advocated the implementation of universal health-care. these voices were, however, quickly silenced by the all-powerful health insurance companies who claimed that it was a socialist movement which is inefficient and ineffective while we all know that it’s just because this system will be detrimental to their bottomlines and profits. in an attempt to validate this claim, moore also interviewed health-care stakeholders in these countries. through analysing his findings, the universal health-care system does seem to be more satisfactory compared to a free-market system. oh no, i’ve given away too much on the movie. anyway, i must admit that i don’t know how much of these information from the movie is true and realistic. however, even if only 25% was true, the thought is pretty chilling… …even much more so when i could, in my head, imagine singapore going the same way in future. sometimes, in our haste to progress into a first-world country like the states, we sometimes forget that not everyone is able to keep up and accelerate at a comparable speed. in this case, we risk leaving them behind which will result in a heavily segmented society. is this what we really want? moreover, it’s a generally-known fact that a large portion of our younger generation looks towards the west (especially the states) as the ideal state/environment/society. wouldn’t such attitudes propel us toward that direction even faster? looking at our present health-care system, i’m worried - very very worried. does it not resemble the situation that is being portrayed in the movie? i don’t want to become old…and have to worry about whether i’ll have enough money for my medical bills when i fall sick or whether i’ll be kicked out of the hospital anytime. that’s just too sad. what quality of life are we looking at? i’ll strongly recommend this movie to everyone…. maybe it’ll help us gain some perspective. personally, i really feel that this movie is like us looking into a crystal ball - like a preview of how our future system will be like. i ish saded. movie rating: 4.5/5 - a must-watch! the one on yummy korean with friends an-nyo’ng-ha-se-ya? this means “hello. how are you?” in korean. i can literally see the text bubble on top of your heads: has missy got infected with the current korean or k-drama craze? oh no. don’t worry. this is about a super belated entry describing a nice evening whereby three friends went out in search of good food and entertainment.  after a long tiring search with growling stomachs covering half of the entire chinatown, we finally settled at this little korean restaurant tucked away in a quiet little corner - relatively ulu-ated part of chinatown. despite the less-than-ideal location, it was bustling and packed with customers who were slurping away at their dishes. in addition, you can hear the servers yelling orders/instructions/(or whatever they were saying) in korean throughout the restaurant. after some observation, this joint appears to be operated by a native korean family which means that it’ll serve authentic korean fare! yay-ness! after we’ve managed to grab a table, we eagerly flipped open the menus, only to find that it was all in korean. the only saving grace was that there were translations of the names of the dishes in simple (and i mean, really simple) english. after trying to converse with our server with much difficulty (they don’t seemed to speak much english there), we’ve finally placed our orders. and started waiting…..for the food to be served. just like how the traditional korean family does it (i think), appetizers were first served to whet our appetite - not that we needed it, of course..   look, don’t they all look sooo enticing, especially the spicy cucumbers and kimchi?!  after appetizers, they proceeded to serve our main dishes. although there were only the three of us, we decided to order whatever that caught our fancy in the menu and ended up with the typical korean stone bowl rice and a modified steam-boat-y type of dish with a kimchi soup base.  the stone bowl rice might not look like it’s anything special, but we should never, ever judge a dish by its appearance. and next up, we have…    this was sooooooooooooooooooooooo good. it was filled to the brim with various seafood, vegetables and even noodles - all soaked in good, old kimchi soup. heavenly, i would say. i loved it. after our orgasmic dinner, we decided to head towards vivocity - starbucks to catch up on what’s happening in our and our common friends’ lives. this was especially useful for me since i’ve missed the last major gathering… but since we were all trigger-happy people, we naturally did not forget to indulge in a little cam-whoring. first up, we have the… and also featuring…    p/s: see, i’m not in black. i’ve changed. heh. looking at all these pictures is making me want to go back to that restaurant again. to the mates who’re seen here: can we go back again soon? yes, i did it again. i felt like writing today… but when i finally reached home at a god-awful time for a monday night, that desire has more than waned. nonetheless, i still wanted to do something to my blog. anything. so i did the next best thing. i changed the layout. again. will be back very soon… once i get the ‘feel’. heh. retro back! last saturday, i caught one of the movies on my must-watch list - hairspray.    retro and musicals - two of my loves together i stepped into the cinema without knowing what to expect since it was a relatively new film and i haven’t read or seen the movie trailer yet. i didn’t even know that it’ll be a musical-movie but the retro theme, by itself, was already more than sufficient to capture my attention. *disclaimer: contains spoilers ahead. read at your own risk. *** the storyline was simple, cliche and light-hearted (for most parts). yet, the deceptively simple plot highlighted many issues that we’re still facing today. acceptance of differences, racial segmentation and segregation, courage, love. these elements formed the core of the story. the music, the songs and dances inside were full of hope, optimistism - so cheery that it will even lighten up your mood. compare this to our modern pop - full of angst, sadness and broken hearts. where did it go wrong? somehow, musicals move me in a way that i can never quite understand. it just stirs something within me - a strong, mysterious and alluring force that makes me want to lose myself in it. and now, this reminds me of yet another musical…. question: what is one thing that you’ve always wanted? this was a question posed to me by the rational neurotic. there was no hesitation, no delays - i knew the answer to that question immediately. i’ve expressed that particular desire occassionally, only to be met with responses like…. “no lah, you’re not cut out for it…just wait for other people to do it for you.” “really, oh no! we’re all in trouble!” “aiya, you say only. i’ll wait for that day…” such encouraging friends i have huh. still have no clue as to what is it? i’ve always wanted to learn driving since i was 14 but have never, ever taken driving lessons before. in the past, the cost of driving lessons deterred me. now, the lack of time is deterring me. maybe i don’t want it badly enough yet. some of my friends are really quite against the idea due to my bad sense of direction…they think that the time i’ll spend getting lost will be far more compared to the time that i would have saved by driving instead of taking public transport. maybe they’re right. but that won’t stop me! one day…i’ll get my driving license. one day.