the electric monk - believing for you the things which the world expects you to believe!

hey-ho,

08/06/2002 Saturday

outing to haw par villa

i joined 40 elders and volunteers to haw par villa - the house of tiger and leopard. they just had their 3rd renovation. but it was disappointing when we got there. the place was rather run down. paint on structures were coming off. the only attraction was the 10 courts of hell through the body of the dragon. i still have some vague memories of the place now. minus the crowd, the theme rides, the theatres and the performance, everything else was about the same. unfortunately, the elders could not walk much. we cancelled half of the walk around the villa after they finished their bao and siew mai and headed back home. but somehow i think they did enjoy themselves coz i certainly did. why? -shrugs-

nineteen eighty-four

i just finished reading nineteen eighty-four and got rather upset. big brother is watching. the thought police are listening and watching thru the telescreens everywhere. is there anytime in our life when we are really alone? reality is as real as what you are told. two plus two is five. history is merely what the records say - no memory. a language replaces our need to think - newspeak. no love, no sex, no orgasm. our existence is a gift from the party. anyone can vaporise into thin air and never exist. the sane who is capable of individual thinking is mad in the eyes of everyone else. every statistics, every news, is propaganda of the party. we are proud of our children who denounce us and betray us - sinners of thought crime. in the darkest corner we'll see them one day. where we there is no way of calculating the hours and days or months. with hands crossed beneath our knees, we wait for endless punishments. we make endless confessions of things we could never imagine we'd done. death is not a choice but a destiny for us - thought criminals. the worst punishment is not a shot in the head, but our deepest fear which they know long ago. in the end, we all love big brother.

i am skeptical about the authorities. our government punishes severely anyone who breaks her rules. in singapore, slavery is freedom? is our government becoming big brother? prolly many people wanna speak up, but fears the consequences of doing so. and some, like me, all words no action. =/ evil with power is scary.

michelangelo

standing at awkward position near the ceiling, i tilted my head at an angle. i was painting no heavenly bodies at the Sistine chapel. just some old pvc pipes in the toilet at home. but it wasn't an easy job either. i admit i m no good at painting and shouldn't have draw comparison with such a magnificent artist. lol. perspiration was dripping before i even started. then next to start dripping was the paint.

09/06/2002 Sunday

chachacha

its sunday! wenta sch for foc senior camp todae to try out the games. And aso to try leading a buncha "freshies" who r actually the main comm'ers, ie. old birds larh. so it wasnt nice to really talk to them like freshies. therefore we sorta ignore them n stick to ourselves! lol. i guess we must had fared quite badly as GLs for the first time. hah. actually i was quite suay. first game already kena the forfiet - got black ink on my face. but i think its part of the game mah, so must be sporting bout it, then again, its just a tryout why so serious? -shrugs-

after the camp we wenta learn the rest of the dance steps. it wasn't easy coz i already forgotten whatever i learnt the last round! the new steps are definitely more challenging. with the cha cha dance steps, the twist and turns and a lil' of touchy move w the gurls. the girls r prolly quite conservative as they showed their disgust. hah. just hands over the armpits of guys to hold the shoulders from behind mah. nothing much larh. cha cha cha~* -grins-

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here's my recommendation of some nice songs:

US3 - Cantaloop

Belle and Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying

Pete Fountain - My Blue Heaven

Glen Miller - Blue Moon

12th Street Rag

Promise Ring - Get on the Floor

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