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Feb 2007

25th Feb
Wednesday went to send Daniel off, Bi Feng, Syaz and I went to Changi Airport for lunch. After sending Daniel off, we rush back for the 1.45 bus BUT the bus came and left early. Hence we were stranded there for another half an hour until the bus came and pick the three of us up - it was the last shuttle! lol.

Pretty much wasted the entire weekend doing nothing, but it was a good rest. Actually went youtube and listened to  Kelly's Because of you. Can't wait for her new album featuring the new song Go! Because of You is one of my favorite song, hah, actually most of Kelly's songs are my favorite. It speaks about her childhood and her father, "Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me but everyone around me, Because of you I am afraid". The MV begins with Kelly and her husband arguing, then time suddenly freeze. She sees her younger self - The young Kelly reminded her of how her parents argued and broke up, resulting in her poor childhood. So she 'will not make the same mistakes' and eventually made up with the man. Really unique and meaningful.

19th Feb
Had a crazy night after I saw Daniel Poh's sms and left home at 9.30pm to go Chinatown. Joel and his brilliant idea, which wasn't brilliant because there was nothing at Chinatown. So we met at Dhobby Ghaut with Andrew and Desmond also and ended up at The Cathay cineplex. We contemplated between Protege and Letters from Iwo Jima and I'm glad we chose the latter because the show is freaking good!

It's about the battle of Iwo Jima, an island off the coast of Japan in WWII. It was a strategic location because it meant that the US Allies forces could use it as a base to land their airplane bombers and bomb the main island. Hence the Japanese had to defend it, led by General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe). This is the Japanese point of view about the battle of Iwo Jima, the American's pov is Flags of our Fathers, both directed by Clint Eastwood. I have yet to watch Flags of our Fathers.

I think that it is one of the greatest movie is because of the great acting and the tension in the show. It teaches a lot about faith and morality. Ken Watanabe portrayed his character with intense but subtle emotions, in his eyes you could see his thoughts and his difficulties of leading men who do not trust his leadership. How his island is abandoned by the Empire HQ and yet he is responsible for all his men. In the very military top-down approach of command structure, General Kuribayashi is a contemporary leader who came back from the United States and faces opposition from the traditionalists. Hence one of the admirals actually defied his order in the middle part and risked the lives of his men. At the same time, they all have to serve the country and in doing so, sometimes do the wrong things. Like in most wars or competition, you deflate the others (e.g. brainwashing the soldiers to think that the Americans are scavengers) to boost morale. But when Nishi (another high ranking officer) actually read out a letter taken from a dead American, it says "Always do the right thing, because it is right." And yet, one of the Japanese's soldier's mother also told him the same thing - hence the similarity in humanity, morals and knowledge. Even more in depth, it speaks about the military and the top-down approach of management. In contrast to this, you have the story of a young baker who's recruited and forced against his will to fight in the war, the typical tension and fear of being in a war, writing letters even though he knows that it probably won't be read. You also have the mid-ranking officers who barks and is pretty brainless, always punishing soldiers and all the hoo-ha about serving the Empire. Hence the General came in at several times to stop the punishment, saving the soldiers who are much needed in war rather than being killed. Basically there's so much more that I can learn and view it like a literature classic. Shall watch it again soon - HIGHLY recommended.

After we came out of the cinema, Andrew Desmond and Joel slept on the sofa while Daniel and I chatted through the night. Been so long since I had such a great valuable time to chat, so great to have such great friends. I asked Daniel an ambiguous question - that he being a medic, if I were injured in war and told him that I would rather die, would he save me or let me die. He said, depends on situation but more on saving a life. There's no right or wrong answer and there's nothing to make out of it, just a weird question. Hah!
 

17th Feb
How's the new look?
It's a surprise and gift for all of you who've been reading. Thanks! 'Da Kidz' was up for 2 years, 2 very colourful and bubbly years which I spent in NYP. This time, I've opted for a more calm and subtle theme with a beautiful angel. The words 'Born to love' will be changed regularly, whenever and whatever I feel like changing. So it's not 'Born to love' skin or what. And then you will notice the 3 pictures, that's definitely yours truly - me. Taken using the Samsung phone that I used before quite long ago. I'll try to blog regularly and upload more pictures, videos to make the posts more interesting. Once I figure out how to type Chinese on this com, I'll have some post in Chinese also.

Thanks to all the well wishes, it's sad that I'm out of my teenage years but I guess that's life. Especially having pimple eruption at 20, yeah? Freaking wrong. More changes are bound to happen this year and hopefully all will be better. Happy new year to everyone and remember to catch 花样少年少女 on Channel U every Monday - Friday at 7pm.

This week was hectic, Tuesday went to watch Dreamgirls with Angeline because I had free movie tickets for the preview. Then in the afternoon, Hazel called me to say she had free ticket, ask me whether I want to go. LOL. It was quite nice, especially Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy had great acting. Beyonce had the the great voice.

Valentine's Day, Meng Shan had a farewell BBQ because she'll be leaving Sg to go back Szechuan. We bought her three packets of flavorings for chicken rice, laksa and satay. LOL. It was the most perfect gift ~ We had a lot of fun and it was memorable because Damien threw a sparkle onto a giant tree. The fern then caught fire and it was burning! So we went to fill the bottles with water, then Taurus and Xiao Cong became the fireman. Xiao Cong climbed onto Taurus' shoulders and poured cups of water onto the fern. Chin Teck the 958 reporter gave a live report, with interviews and all, it was so funny! Shall post the clip once I got hold of it.