3 months into 2012

We're all 3 months into 2012, and although it's the year everyone was dreading at the start of 2011, somehow we came to love it. And the pictures below are the reasons why ;) I'll just let the pictures do the talking since I want to study later. I can't post these pictures* on fb anyway, sigh.

(March was such a great month. Why is my life so fun hahahaha. :P)

*Click to enlarge

Sentosa day! Woohoo ;) 

Sec 4 Olympics ;) Mighty Kuwait ;)

ROCs 4 ;) Hippo tours, but no flyer, sadly :'(

Story of the day

Catherine

My name is Catherine. I am a grey desk. Actually, I have had plenty of names inscribed on my tabletop throughout my years of work but I liked Catherine the best. I work in this quaint place filled with bubbly school girls of different shapes and sizes, clad in a pretty sailor-like outfit I think they call their “uniform”.

I believe the place goes by the name of MGS.

Yes, MGS, the place I have worked at since those men with walkie-talkies settled me into a room with a magical white board and other friendly colleagues, the other grey desks. Back then, I was still new and naked, clueless and mystified because boss happened to be put to sleep for being too torn. I was on my own.

I adapted quickly because my job was rather easy. Every day, I watched those girls come and go with bags of books on their backs. I listened to teachers and their funny way of speaking – one easily became my favourite. I must have been a very good alternative for paper because girls just loved to draw on me during lessons.

I became rather popular during these periods of time which never failed to come every term. I believe these go by the term “exams”. Yes, these girls would dress me with more books and worksheets even after six, and they’d save me from savouring the beautiful and lovely sunset alone.

As the days went by and more seniors left me for prettier white college desks, I too, grew older. By now, I had a thousand names, but I stuck with Catherine. My legs rusted to an ugly brown and my screws had loosened miserably. Somehow, I knew I had to say goodbye in 2011 when the walkie-talkie men brought in my new dark blue brothers. 

(Story I wrote for MGS' 125th anniversary, hopefully it gets selected)

I wanted to post this because it's pretty. :')

And cos I can't post it on facebook.

14th February 2012 hehehehehehe ;)
Day in our memories. 

Yeah la, I'm crazy

Yeah la, I'm crazy. I'm going to blog about my new inspiration today - Bruce Lee, YES.

Love that man. I mean, what's there not to love? He's wise, he's fights like there's no tomorrow, he's a good man and he's hot. He's like a chicken wing kebab. Okay, all this aside, I think his words make a lot of sense and are very, very relatable. Otherwise I wouldn't be wasting my precious time blogging about some dead guy who died even before I was born, lol. Really, I'm not the kind who spends time on anything if it's completely worthless. (Watching tv isn't worthless okay!)

I was watching "Bruce Lee lives!" on Nat Geo the other day and got this revelation that hey, the guy may be dead, but the powerful wisdom within his soul still walks this earth. I don't think any soul like his can possibly be sucked down to hell lol, that's very unfair. I mean like, why would you vacuum candy on the floor.......

Yeah. So I loved how everyone in that show, no matter how old (remember Dan Inosanto?) or of what kind, could identify with Bruce's sayings in some way or another. The smart thing about Bruce Lee is that his words don't just apply to Jeet Kune Do and martial arts, they apply to almost anything as you name it. I didn't only see a certain kind of fans, what I saw was that practically anyone can be a fan. Whether you're a small girl who likes Barbie or some hyper-active boy, there are no limitations to what you can like about Bruce Lee. One minute I was looking at a white-haired Dan Inosanto, the next minute I was looking at Jamie Chung, the next minute this group of dancers called the Jabbawockeez (who are very, very, very talented by the way), and then the next this skateboarder with ugly hair.

What I find really cool is how Bruce Lee's martial arts techniques influenced so many other non-martial arts areas, something that your puny little judo or karate isn't able to do. Yeah, it's a fact that the Jabbawockeez dance like Bruce Lee and that Jeet Kune Do rubbed off onto the skateboarder with the ugly hair, who skateboards like nothing I've ever seen. You've gotta admit, Bruce Lee isn't just powerful physically, but mentally as well. He does things to people.

I mean, I can memorise his famous quote by heart already: "You put water in a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Be water my friend." - Bruce Lee

What makes Bruce Lee so special is simply just this - other martial artists are brick walls while Bruce Lee is different, he's water. Water can seep through walls, so yeah, it makes sense that he was able to beat every martial artist in the world lol. Living by this principle can really help people, actually. There's never only one way to do something and never only one escape route. Possibilities are manifold in life because life ain't no ruler. So instead of people doing things their way all the time, people have to just learn that, NO. Bruce Lee says there's other ways.