movie marathon

i took mc today cuz i couldn't sleep last night...sore throat lah (really really!)...and decided to make full use of the day by going for a movie marathon...hehe...

we decided to choose one film each.

we started off with "the inside man" in cineleisure orchard at 425pm...i'd really have to scratch my head to find a worse show i've watched this year. denzel washington sucked big time...jodie foster had like zero impact on the film...and the plot was as thin as the pair of joe boxers that i just threw away. i can't believe that the censorship board actually cut out the "fucks", "assholes" and even "bastards". lousy. don't watch unless you've got a pirated version and are on mc at home. i seriously regret making it my choice for the movie marathon.

next up was "geminis" in golden shoe tower at 730pm...yeah...the sleazy place where uncles normally go to watch films like "the seductress" or "the horny school teacher"...shit like that lah. so it wasn't really that big of a surprise when we entered the cinema and found it sparsely filled with old men and single guys sitting in opposite corners of the cinema...which is when i started to wonder what kind of film my date chose. haha. but after watching the movie, i realised that uncles and single guys can also have an artistic side..."geminis" was in spanish...about the relationship of this argentinian family...obviously there was some sex involved, which is the more likely reason of why the uncles patronised the movie, but i think that it's a movie that describes the concept of "knows but don't know". aiyah, watch it if you don't understand what i'm talking about...if you can bring yourself to go to golden cinema that is, cuz that's the only place showing "geminis". haha.

two movies on the trot is quite a lot already...espcially if i have a SORE THROAT (*cough cough*)...so we decided to end the night with a bottle of pinot noir on the 70th floor of the swissotel stamford. cooling mah...hehe.

cheers. =)

bestfrenmike

dreams...

i dreamt that someone dear was leaving for a faraway place and wouldn't be back till forever...and it was a painful farewell. she said that she would call, though i knew it wouldn't happen...but thankfully, it was all a dream.

but i think i know why i had that dream...it kinda reminded me of something that happened about 2 years ago...

bestfrentugk called me during one of my lunch breaks...

1230hrs: coffee shop in the east

bestfrentugk: eh, i think you have to take leave today...
moby: why? crazy...i have an appointment later in the afternoon.
bestfrentugk: mike's leaving today...
moby: err...where's he going? jb? timbuktu?
bestfrentugk: he just called me. he's going back to indon for a while, and then on to holland after that.
moby: WTF???
bestfrentugk: yeah...he just bought his plane ticket at golden mile...he's leaving at 5.30pm today.
moby: WTF???
bestfrentugk: please take leave or something.
moby: why's he leaving???
bestfrentugk: i really don't know. i'll see you in bugis at 3pm. mike is meeting us there.
moby: ok.


1500hrs: bugis macdonald's

*awkward silence*
bestfrentugk: so...
moby: why are you going back to indon??? and what's with holland???
bestfrenmike: cuz i have to...
moby: meaning?
bestfrenmike: i can't help it...my parents want me back in indon, and i wannna start a new life...holland is a nice place what...
moby: i hate you!!! *punches bestfrenmike on the arm really hard...wet substance from moby's eyes fall into his coffee*
bestfrentugk: ...
bestfrenmike: ouch? ...


1700hrs: changi airport

moby: ok then...take care mike...
bestfrentugk: yeah...take care mike...
bestfrenmike: wish me luck guys...
moby: ok...good luck mike. *wet substance appears again*
bestfrentugk: good luck mike.
bestfrenmike: don't worry, i'll be home soon.

i didn't recover for a few months. i miss the times when bestfrenmike and i would sing "no woman, no cry" while he strummed the guitar that we bought for him on his birthday a few years back...

speaking of which, happy birthday bestfrenmike.

i'm still waiting for our paths to cross again. cheers. =)

lantern gift

a few weeks ago, a reader named silver asked me for my address...she said that she wanted to send me something. i thought it was going to be a cheer-up card, cuz i was kinda depressed back then...so i gave it to her and didn't think about it after that...

my housemate found a package for me in the mail today, and quickly left my room after handing it to me, saying that he didn't wanna be a part of the anthrax investigations...crazy housemates i have.


package

anyway, i found a handwritten letter and a small bag of something-or-other inside...


package contents

it was from silver...cool.

apparently she bought me a diy lantern kit from vietnam...wow!


lantern pieces

however, the lantern making instructions weren't very helpful to say the least..."this plus this equals finished product". full stop. how to understand such complicated instructions without having a ph.d in mathematics??? haha.


construction instructions 1


construction instructions 2

so i started playing around with the pieces of plastic...


testing

before i made some simple shapes that somewhat resembled lanterns...


box lantern by moby


sydney opera house lantern by moby


normal lantern by moby


oval shaped lantern by moby


lanterns by moby

hehe. it was fun...you should try it too! now all i've gotta do is find some light bulbs to put inside the lanterns and wait for the mid-autumn festival...haha.

thanks for the gift, silver! cheers. =)

warning

i was chatting with my sister on msn just now...apparently her boyfriend of 3 months and her were having some kinda disagreement.

moby: what happened?
moby's sister (ms): he kinda embarrassed me in front of all these people...blah blah blah. *continues to complain for 20 minutes*
moby: oh ok...i think you have to talk it through with him...communication is always vital in a relationship.
ms: yeah, but blah blah blah *continues to complain about boyfriend's lack of this and that*
moby: oh ok.
ms: i'm kinda disappointed in him and a bit hurt too...
moby: so have you told him all this yet?
ms: err..kinda...we're talking now.
moby: oh ok...on the phone huh? actually talking in person would be better lah...is it like snowing outside or something?
ms: err...it's spring in michigan already lah. i'm chatting with him online about it.
moby: what??? why online?
ms: yeah, i'm scared that i'll get emotional if i talk to him...don't even mention face to face.
moby: what??? you're not serious. that's what relationships are about what! like that you might as well be dating a machine!
ms: yeah...i know...but... =(
moby: i don't like to see you like this...
ms: it's ok...
moby: if he breaks your heart, i'm fucking going to fly there and kill him.
ms: don't need lah...haha.

watch out stephen. one wrong move and you could find your asshole bigger than brokeback jack's. i is watching you. *two fingers to eyes*

p.s. - sis (if you ever read this)...some advice from a not-very-qualified-relationship-guru...never dump a guy using electronic devices (email, sms, msn)...give him, or at least your relationship, some respect...unless of course he breaks your heart...i'll take care of him if it ever comes down to that. love ya. cheers. =)

project lca

hey guys and gals...sorry for not being able to post much as of late...i've been busy with both work and a life/career-altering project...or project lca for short. i'll keep you updated when i get more news.

if everything pulls through, i might just wanna buy the last piece of the puzzle in the form of a motor vehicle...and attract all those materialistic girls that blinkmummy was chirping about a few days ago...NOT!

sorry, crazy thoughts do enter my head when i'm stressed out.

anyway, wish me luck with project lca...you might just be the next benficiary of a ride in an SUV or honda prelude (if they still exist and are on the market)...haha. cheers. =)

market spoiler

check out blinkymummy's entry from a few days ago...

actually ah, i don't think that it's really the average singaporean guy's fault that they're not getting attention from the chics...check out this story from my friend yx (chic):

*a few weeks ago*
yx: eh, remember when i told you about this guy who kinda had something for me last time?
moby: yeah...your ex-schoolmate from electrical engineering in nus right?
yx: yeah...well, anyway, i was supposed to go out with him some time ago, so i was waiting for him at this place in town...
moby: ok...then?
yx: so i waited and waited and waited...but he didn't turn up after like 3 hours...
moby: what??? you also kena stood up?!! i would have just left after 1 hour max...
yx: well...i thought that something might have happened to him...and maybe he had some good explanation for his absence...
moby: hmmm...ok...did you call him? was his phone on?
yx: yeah...but no one answered...
moby: so did he get back to you?
yx: err...yeah...apparently he got into some accident when he was on the way to meet me...
moby: har??? wah lau...then what happened?
yx: oh...apparently he was hospitalised...but when i told him that i wanted to visit him in the hospital, he said that he didn't want me to see him in the state that he was in...so i didn't visit him in the end...
moby: fwah...that bad ah...
yx: yeah.

*10 minutes later*
yx: oh yeah, and guess what else happened to this guy that kinda liked me?
moby: what?
yx: apparently his mother died from cancer a few weeks ago.
moby: har? wah lau eh...then how?
yx: i wanted to go to the funeral cuz i'm his friend and all, but he still insisted that he didn't want me to see him with all his scars...so he told me not to go...
moby: oh ok...
yx: but i mean, i'm a friend...so...
moby: yeah, well i guess he was kinda self conscious and all lah.
yx: actually, you haven't heard the saddest part yet...
moby: oh no, still got ah?
yx: yeah...apparently now he has cancer too.
moby: wah lan eh...this guy is super suei leh. sorry ah, but kena accident, mother die, then now he also kena cancer???
yx: yeah man...i also wonder...
moby: i think he really likes you.
yx: i don't know...

*1 week later*
yx: eh...remember that guy that...
moby: yeah yeah...what now?
yx: he said that he was moving to hong kong...
moby: what about his condition??? i thought he had cancer???
yx: i'm also getting a bit suspicious already lah...
moby: well...
yx: i bet he's going to die in hong kong...
moby: ooi! don't say these kinda things can or not...it's not nice lah...
yx: sorry, i'm just a little skeptical...
moby: but still...

*yesterday*
yx: eh...remember...
moby: yeah yeah...what now?
yx: i just received an sms from his aunt who happened to find my number on his phone and...
moby: let me guess...
yx: yeah, apparently he died of asthma while he was in hong kong...
moby: HAHAHAHA. sorry.
yx: i don't blame you. i also had the same reaction.

now i know why some girls are so creeped out by guys...weirdos spoil the market for everyone. just because you're an nus graduate doesn't make you sane.

girls...watch out for the living dead.

market spoiler...get a life asshole. literally.

to ewok

hey bro...

i got a call from mom just now while i was watching munich...heard that you've been kinda down. cheer up man, work is work...enjoy life a little. you're in fucking hong kong!!! you get to travel so much!!! you've seen so much more of the world than i have.

trust me, the grass is always greener on the other side...and shit happens...so wipe your ass, flush out the nonsense, and get on with life. you're young, reasonably rich, handsome...the world is at your feet...

you know that you can give me a call anytime if you wanna talk...just like the good old days...except now instead of catching crickets and grasshoppers, we'll be catching our dreams and aspirations.

see you soon bro. take care. cheers. =)

love,

moby

stood up

hey there. i'm kinda disappointed...

why didn't you turn up? what happened? is it the movie? did you oversleep cuz you had a late night? were you busy with other stuff? is it ME???

these were some of the questions on my mind this morning at lido, which still go unanswered cuz you still haven't returned any of my calls nor replied any of my messages...sheesh.

i wouldn't have minded / cared that much if you had just told me something before i started to wait for your arrival / response...

but now i only have one thing to say: i hate being stood up. =|

please have some courtesy next time.