Sunday, July 30, 2006


Invisible People

There was something about her that caught my attention, as I looked into her eyes, I felt drawn to her plight. To her outstretched hand, I gave nothing, and averted my glance from the kids at her side.

But as I made my way into the mall, I felt compelled to do something, anything, just to make sure the kids had something to eat tonight. I hunted throughout the mall for a whole roasted chicken, unfortunately, those were sold out. I spent the better part of an hour looking for appropriate food...

In the end, I'm almost ashamed to say that all I could offer her was a loaf of bread. I was actually pretty nervous as I approached, I feared that she might misconstrue my intentions because I wouldn't be able to explain in Malay that it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment gift, that I actually bought it with the intention of giving it to her. But from the look in her eyes as she thanked me, I knew then that she heard the unspoken words between us.

In an affluent society such as ours, why are there still people who fall through the cracks? Why is there a need for a mother to have to beg for money just to feed her children? And most importantly, why are they invisible, with everyone just walking on by without so much as a second glance?

Save your appeals for funds to help the homeless and the destitute, do you help anyone in need or is there a criteria they have to meet? I wouldn't know now, would I? Even if I bought a booklet of "I-don't-know-what" coupons from you, how can I be sure that you don't pick and choose your causes based on your personal beliefs? And surely a multi-million dollar corporation doesn't need to solicit funds just to build spanking new headquarters! I refuse to donate to charitible organisations, not a single cent...

I'd rather go to bed knowing that two little girls didn't go hungry tonight.

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Saturday, July 29, 2006


Mac vs PC

Anyone wanna sponsor me for a new MacBook Pro?

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006


Back To My Roots

I realised something... when I don't quite like my blog template, I'm somewhat reluctant to blog... which is why I revived this one. Hey, cut me some slack, will you? I spent a long time modifying it, and I'm not about to give it up just yet. Instead of trying to come up with a new one, I've decided to simplify my life, and reuse it, albeit with minor changes here and there...

If you need a new skin though, drop me an email and I will happily experiment with your blog! Any takers?

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Saturday, July 22, 2006


By My Side

In the dark of night
Those small hours
Uncertain and anxious
I need to call you

Rooms full of strangers
Some call me friend
But I wish you were close to me

In the dark of the night
Those small hours
I drift away
When I'm with you

In the dark of the night
Those faces they haunt me
But I wish you were
So close to me

Yes I wish you were
By my side

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My Blog Redux

I deleted the previous incantation of my blog, it doesn't really matter why... I built it up, I chose to tear it down. It was starting to get too much attention.

I think I lasted a good one night without it, and then I realised something... Blogging is an avenue for me to open up. Although I'm not a very private person, I don't quite fancy being in the limelight. I get nervous when the spotlight is on me, and this was one way for me to share thoughts and feelings without being under too much scrutiny. I can remain (almost) anonymous in this virtual reality.

Hence this new blog. Well, maybe not spanking new because I will be reposting some of my previous entries. And in case you are wondering about the address, it's a private joke. If you get it, good. If you don't, it wasn't intended for you to get anyway.

And since I'm on that topic, I'll say it now that this blog is very much reader-specific. While I might post entries about random things, some of my entries are meant for only one person to read. As much as I would like to apologise to everyone else reading it, this is MY blog and I don't really care what you think of it.

Link me if you want, plagiarise me if you must.

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Monday, July 17, 2006


The Longest Smoke Break I've Ever Taken... Lasted All Of Ten Minutes

I met the ex for a smoke the other night.

Nothing to it, just a friendly smoke, after all, I haven't seen her since I moved home... and then it hit me... we have nothing to talk about anymore. No more common ground.

That was the longest smoke break I have ever taken. It was just one cigarette, but it felt as though it took me five hours to finish smoking it.

It was so awkward, really awkward. The conversation centered about how busy it was at the store, and how much the customers were annoying me. No personal questions, no asking how I'm doing. I guess she doesn't really want to know if I'm happy now, I guess it did show in my face that I would rather have been somewhere else doing anything else.

Do I miss her? After all that time together, surprisingly I don't. I guess feelings once dead, can never be revived... and my feelings died a long time ago. Are we still friends? I don't know... as long as she can't accept that I'm happier with someone else now, as long as she refuses to accept my baby, I suppose we can't really be friends. Maybe I'm being a little unreasonable here, because we did spend a long time together... but if the tables were turned, I'd really want for her to be happy.

Until that day comes, for now, civility is all that I can offer. That and my well wishes.

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