The big two-one

Somehow, it just dawned on me that I am already twenty one years old, the age where most, if not all, things are made legal. Aside from that obvious fact, a lot of things will eventually change as time goes by. I am no longer a kid anymore, I was reminded of that by Loy earlier tonight, and I guess lame jokes and not-so-mature comments should be kept to a minimum. With that being said, I don't feel like myself if I restrain and abstain from lame talk, because it's part of me and it kind of defines me as well. No doubt I have to tweak my mindset just a bit to adjust to the adult psyche, and I would probably have a job, a car, a flat and family in no time! But until that day comes, I think I'll just stick to the comfortable me. =)

~moey out~

Derma-trouble

Imagine having a foreign organism crawling inside of you. Moving ever so slightly,trying to find a door with an 'Exit' on it, and in the process creating visible tracks of its past movements just under the cutaneous, aka skin to you and me. Well, it's essentially the larva of Ancylostoma braziliense crawling inside. Their usual hosts are animals like cats and dogs, where they enter the animal into the intestinal area and eat and reproduce. Luckily, they are only restricted to the skin for humans, because they cannot dissolve human muscle tissue, so I guess they settle for drawing doddle lines under my skin.

Well, 'Crawling' by Linkin'Park really sums it all up in the very first sentence:

"Crawling in my skin, these woulds they will not heal".

Ok, they will eventually heal, but only about 6 months will the marks start to fade off. Reactions upon looking at it for the first time, the usual ones are ''ewwwww, gross'', ''how you get it sia?", the best was from Darren:"dude, you might end up having a worm as a leg".
I guess it's really disgusting and extremely itchy, not to mention painful, fortunately, when you all see me, I will still have both legs intact. Modern medicine will have to prove itself over the next few days to me, and kill those parasites living inside of me. And if you are wondering, NO, they do not eat any skin tissue or any part of my body for that matter, they are just trying to find the exit under a huge blanket of skin.

I hope that the worms will die off soon, because I don't want them to develop into butterflies. =P

~moey out~

What I enjoy...

Different people have different interests which keep them motivated whenever they are going through something tough. Interests spur people on to achieve and complete the obstacles in front of them so that these people will be rewarded with something they like at the very end. Indeed such things have a huge impact on everybody, be it a small or big motivating factor.

For myself, no doubt I enjoy trips to the mall, movies with friends, gaming together, but something which only a small group of us love is to visit nurseries around the island. Though it might seem like something which weird people do, I feel that visiting such places makes me feel at ease and something which I can always fall back on when there's no place else to go. The wonderful company which accompanies the visits always brightens up my gloomy day and brings a smile everytime we head off to such god-forsaken places once in a while. The sights and sounds of nurseries is definitely not everyone's cup of tea, especially when mosquitoes are constantly poking your skin up down center. Despite all these irritations, at the end of the day, being able to appreciate plants is something I hold dear, and sharing this interest with like-minded friends makes it all the more enjoyable. Every trip brings about new things to learn and especially after booking out, it's a good way to de-stress myself from the regimental life for that moment of time. Now, don't go around saying I like outfields, because I don't. I prefer to admire plants in pots, not in the ground. =P Now this is just something which I love and is definitely rare, but it's still an interest nonetheless.

So what do you guys enjoy?

~moey out~

... Like flowers in the sky...

"...when the parachutes bloom, like flowers in the sky!..."

Indeed we have come to the end of another amazing year;2009. We can look back at all the wonderful times we all had, the things we did and the friends we made. In a few moments time, we will bid farewell to 2009 and welcome 2010! And no matter how much we miss the good times in 2009, I'm sure there will be a whole lot more fun next year(and you all can definitely bet on it)

Well, fireworks will be up high in the sky, where planes fly high...
And to me, fireworks in the sky=blooming flowers in the sky
I do hope that everyone will have a good time and welcome the new year with a renewed spirit and mindset.
See you all next year!

~moey out~

Merry Christmas!

Greetings and salutations my friends! A very blessed Christmas to everyone! Just a big shout-out to my God for being born this very day in Bethlehem, so a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY is in order! Just want to thank God for all of you all who are in my life!

Well, during this period of festivities, everyone should be happy about something in their life and I for one, am really happy that I gave myself a wonderful Christmas present. I gave myself a shiny Silver standard for my IPPT! From a lowly failure straight through to a silver is something big for me, and I was so excited when I saw my results. God has been really gracious and if I just relied solely on my own strength and stamina, I might not have made it. I was extremely nervous for the whole duration of the test and right at the end of the day, the results told the full tale. However, it was not only I who had such a good result, my dear friend Tan Zhi Yu also improved from a failure to a silver!! Woooohooo!! Praise the Lord!=)

~moey out~

Black & White

This wonderful piece of instrument/furniture has been in the family for about 15 years now. What started out on an electric keyboard, has become a full-fledged piano. This piano has accompanied me through over a decade of practising and memorizing of piano pieces. Back then, my interest in playing fueled a continual use of the piano, all the way from Grade 1 up through Grade 5. Considering the amount of time and effort put into going through so much, I think that it is well worth the memories and money spent.

I can still remember every Friday when Aunty Rahimah would come over from work, knock at my door and come teach me a new piece or prepare me for the upcoming ABRSM exams. Once in a while, she couldn't make it, so my mum fetched me all the way to Aunty's house to have a lesson with her own piano(which had quite a few strands of golden strands of feline hair easily identified on top of the black and white keys) I'm really thankful for Aunty Rahimah for her extreme patience with me, because FYI, I cannot sight-read for nuts(which means I have to scan a totally new piece in about 3mins and play it right away) she knew that was my weakest area and most of the time(if not all the time) she had to gingerly guide my fingers to the correct keys. Thinking back, I guess it must have been quite frustrating to do it over and over again.

I guess this piece of memory will not be possible if not for my mum's persuasion of me taking up piano lessons. If I have not taken up these lessons, my fingers would not be as flexible as they are today and I would probably be tone deaf and unable to sing properly. So fortunately, those days were to be preceded with me taking up the guitar and starting to have an interest in another instrument. So I guess I can say that those black and white keys paved the way for a much brighter and colourful time ahead. =)

~moey out~

Facelift

Yikes!! I guess it's time for something new and fresher for this page. It's been a long while since things looked different, so change is good right?

On a different note, it's finally the weekends!!!! Somehow, garrison life is not as interesting as before, probably because it's the down period right now, so there's nothing much for us to do. However in a week's time, the new batch will come in and things will get hectic once again and I will eat my words of life being monotonous. There definitely were a few peaks in the programme; like catching cartoon movies to kill time, and of course my all-time favourite: zombie ownage!

Aside from that, I finally got a new camera for the family! It cost me a whole month's allowance, but I guess it's a worthwhile investment. My mum also kept pestering me to go get a camera so that she can take pictures once again. It all started when our previous camera started to go on the fritz and finally fizzled out on us despite us sending it for repairs which was NOT CHEAP. But hey, the past is the past, so no point talking about it.

Oh, for those who know and were involved in it, my toilet door FINALLY broke off. HAHAHAH... yes yes, you heard right, it finally decided to unhinge itself from the rusty latch and attempted to fall on me when I was about to close the door. But anyhows, that murderous door is out of the building and probably somewhere else. =)

~moey out~