Jakarta Trip 07

Heys~

I'm back for about 9 days in Jakarta. It was one of the best trips of all coz I finally get to meet all my long lost relatives there. It's a rather complicated family tree, so I'll just skip to the good parts and move on to the highlights. (Btw, for the first time, I DID NOT bring my vidcam on holiday, so I had to borrow my cousin's. No vids, not right now. So instead of a 90 min clip, i took 400 photos.)

1) Family bonding
Things were off to a great start. Uncles we've never met before came brought us to the hotel and later took us to the family so-called 'mansion' hahaha. It was a great reception, I was introduced to all the grannies here and also the younger cousins. You know their lives aren't that great, but they're really awesome people. It was like 60+ of long lost relatives and only 9 of us singaporeans. Woohoo, we were like celebrities hahaha.. My cousins are the greatest, theyre so freakin cute cute cute, we jump around in circles in the house and scream at otheres ears. -.- HAHAHAH!!! I LOVE THEM!!!! The older ones (chicks) were really 'lovely' hahah!! Why'd we HAVE TO LEAVE ??????? (My cousins are in the pics of the previous posts)


















2)Safari
We went at a safari trip! Driving around the vicinity looking at all the animals. There was a llama who blocked the road for about 6 mins (he's hungry), and there was a orangutan was so rotund he couldnt move, and there was a lion who just couldnt take his eyes of us. If only singapore had this kinda thing, to bad we only have it after dusk.



















3)Dunia Fantasi
Directly translated, its 'Fantasy World'. Yeah, a theme park. Unfortunately I only took 3 pitiful rides, but at least they were the good ones. Reason: The park is filled up to its brim. The recent discount kept the folks coming in like waves, the queues are packed!! Worse part is, I DIDNT GET TO RIDE THE STINKIN ( actually awesome loop the loop twirly whirly )ROLLER COASTER. DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT. But at least I got to ride the 3D simulator, the only ride my dad queued up for was called 'Please flush before you leave'. XD

4) Reptiles
We visited a reptile farm..I patted my new pet python and kicked the tail of the Komodo lots times. He didn't seem to mind, must've had too much breakfast. The Komodo was fed only once a week but he eats 9 chickens in one go. Finger lickin good eh?

5) Sea World
It's mainly just a typical aquarium and underwater world. But I got a few nice shots of the giant stingray. The divers have cut its deadly tail off so it would'nt kill another Steve Irwin.






















6)Chicks
Y'know I can't believe I'm actually blogging about this. Oh well. Being the kaypo king that I am, i've noticed some things about the chicks at theme parks: The hot ones have boyfriends, the really hot ones are married, the really really hot ones only like other gals (ew), and the really really really hot ones are only found on tv. This hurts me soooooooooooooo bad. Chick-hunting won't be the same again. Oh well, but there's still a handful out there....................

7) Angels
Haha. Did you know I saw an angel at the hotel. She was so pretty, she was singing on the stage at the lobby. All the idiots at the cafe were watching her intently. When I was starting to notice her, I took out the camera and I took a shot. If only I had my vid, so I borrowed my cousin's. I got her on tape when suddenly she noticed me and then its as if she was singing to me. HAHAHA. My cousin said 'oi enough la' and I took advantage. I pretended as if she was REALLY singing to me, placing my hand on my chest and sighing. Dude, she giggled on stage. And then I flir-... okay never mind. Too bad I didn't go and say hello or something, or else I would have dated an angel. OH MY CRUD I AM STILL A SHY TURTLE. *Haix*


















8)Shopping
This really doesn't concern me. I know MOST people would shop till they drop, not me. I'm just an idiot who carries the shopping bags and pray hard this whole disaster is over. I'm not really a shopaholic so I had to literally 'survive' malls. I don't get my own money to spend, I don't get the freedom to roam around, and I wait outside the shops while my parents spend 2-3 hrs to buy things to give relatives (which will probably end up in some back closet anyway). The worse part is, there are NO chicks. Talk about a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD day. Oh well, I bought my new shades here anw..

That's about it. I wished I didn't have to come back to this stupid reality.. oh well, here's tworeaally cool pics I took to end the long post. I'm going back to my sour life. Sweet dreams..

If Only It Lasted A Little Longer...

"Inconsolable"

~Backstreet Boys~

I close the door
Like so many times, so many times before
Filmed like a scene on the cutting room floor
I wanna let you walk away tonight without a word

I try to sleep, yeah
But the clock is stuck on thoughts of you and me
A thousand more regrets unraveling
OOoh, if you were here right now,
I swear I'd tell you this

[Chorus:]
Baby I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

I climb the walls, yeah
I can see the edge,
But I can't take the fall, no
I've memorized the number
So why can't I make the call
Maybe cause I know you'll always be with me
In the possibility

Baby I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

No, no, no

I don't wanna be like this
I just wanna let you know
That everything I hold in
Is everything I can't let go (oooh, can't let go)

Cause BABYYYYY

Baby I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

Don't you know it baby
I don't wanna waste another day
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, I'm inconsolable
Whoaa yeah
I'm inconsolable

For the special ones in Jakarta, for the special one right here in S'pore

love you guys...

Amidst the Stars

BERSAMA BINTANG

senja kini berganti malam
menutup hati yang lelah
dimanakah engkau berada
aku tak tau dimana

pernah kita lalui semua
jerit, tangis, canda tawa
kini hanya untaian kata
hanya itulah yang aku punya

tidurlah... selamat malam
lupakan sajalah aku
mimpilah... dalam tidurmu
bersama bintang

sesungguhnya aku tak bisa
jalani waktu tanpamu
perpisahan bukanlah duka
meski harus menyisakan luka

lupakan diriku... lupakan aku
mimpilah dalam tidurmu bersama bintang

************

For only me, myself and I

Being emo means to escape the wrath of reality for a moment,

Being true to yourself is just coming back to face it.

It doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter what I see.

The only thing that matters is what I do to change what I am now.

Just close your eyes, goodnight

and forget my life of past scars

May you dream sweetly

in your sleep

amidst the stars

Frostbite

The clouds rolled in..


The frosty showers of the morning pelted my umbrella as I hurried to school. I made my way up to the library, and wondered about the peculiarity of these temperatures.


When I set off for home at noon, as the rain grew more intense and as freezing as ever, I thought of the occasional blizzards of the Arctic. I shivered under the icy chills in the air-con bus.. piercing through my skin. There was just me, the blissful tunes of the music in my ears, and the numbing frostbite of the afternoon rain.





Damn.
Can the temperatures here get any lower?





Fever? Maybe. But today was exceptionally cold outside. (You thought so, lol) I just finished doing the video project for school-digital-media-awards.. been really busy, but now it's done. I felt really weird today. I wanted to sleep in but I my eyes won't shut, I'm getting an awful cold, my hiccups won't go away, and my heartbeat's off the charts.





...and my heart felt as freezing cold as the weather.





I'm freezing over..
..freeze..
..freeeze..
..freeeeeze..





*crack*

The bittersweet fairytale ending

27/5/2007 -2/12/2007 (earlier, actually)

Okay well...

The bad shooter has finally found a new target to miss...

Now all uncertainty has been cleared, I do not have anything else to worry about.

Maybe some hours wasted.. maybe some scars left

sour, maybe some questions left unanswered..

So I guess it's all over now. I guess all I have to do now is bury those memories and throw away some old pictures..

I just can't believe I waited so long just for this day. I can't believe all the suffering has finally ended. But what if I could have did this earlier.. I wonder what would it be like.

Maybe a bit more painful.. who knows. If I had'nt gone through all that mumbo jumbo drama mama emo moments... I might have been dead in shock right now.

I've reached the crossroads again.

Should I dwell in this corner of darkness and ponder over if I had taken the wrong path?

Should I carry on moving straight and recover slowly and painfully from this ordeal?

Or should I just forget all the emo left in me and look over what's at the end of the rainbow..

Damned. What the crap is wrong with me. I'm aggravating the pain by bringing out all the darker side of things. Why can't I just stay happy? Why can't I just let it all go? Why can't I just let her live her life the way she wants? Oh wait..

What do I need to prove anyway?

I'll pick myself up for the end is not over yet. I can't let all this fun in the world run out before Death comes knocking on my door. Places to see, people to meet. After all, as fate has been written..

..there's one still out there. The one that I'm bound to meet one day. The one that I can finally declare my feelings to.

The one..

....that's looking for me too.

:) Cheer up hyde. You'll do just fine.

Oh well,

I'll see you on the flipside.

Imprisoned emotions..

I live through my dark existence
only to bask in your beauty
your eyes that shine like sapphires
your smile that brightens even my

sad, uncertain

and darkest moments

I envy the wind that runs through your hair
that touches your lips
I long to touch you
to hold you in my arms but I cannot
for your heart,

belongs

to another...

so, I can only love you from afar
your friendship means more to me
than anything this world provides
but like an angel you touched my heart
in a way that I've never felt before
cause I've never known what love is until this day
I know that we are only friends
but my heart wishes it to be more

so I will still hope and dream
that one day I can

hold you in my arms and say....

...I love you?