Words for thots ...

"The knowledge that either of us could survive without the other made what we had seem even more precious. We stayed together because we chose to stay together."

"In a world full of choices, we chose each other."

"I love you because I need you."

"I need you because I love you."

"Sometimes we have to stay away from the things we love and learn to appreciate the things we need."

"Photos - plead the fleeting moment to remain"

TONY PARSON - Man and Wife

End of the world

Cabo de Sao Vicente. End of the world (at least the Europeans believed it to be in the middle ages).

Why Sao Vicente? St Vincent's body was believed to have washed ashore here in the 4th century.

It did feel like the end of the world at the end of the day... the picture doesn't do the omninosity of it any credit. The crashing waves, the cutting wind, the hopelessness...

Get me an Apron!

Still love dance but discovered something else fun as well.
COOKING!!
Esp cooking for someone. Preparing meals for someone else is super inspiring. So like art/craft -- just get swarmed with ideas esp when you're in hungry mode.
Had super fun ytdy and today : made konnyaku jelly with strawberries and kiwi...
lunch/dinner - had pasta (ok it's from a packet) but still has to be cooked it in a pot by me!
2am - flipping pancakes -- made strawberry pancake, kiwi pancake (one experience is enuff), banana pancake with choc hershey sauce, heart shaped pancakes... semi burnt pancakes..
We were a tad peckish.
Brekky - sausage, scrambled eggs with tomato and bacon; toasted bread w cheese!
Mmm... so heavenly. So loving having someone to cook for :)

Next there's the avocardo desert that I wanna try. And maybe steak or sheperd's pie. Oh the pie wld be great - one of my fav foods!
Tmw am will start with choc muffin (mix from a box) -- but you'd gotta start somewhere right!!! Anyways am oredi getting up at 6:30am so I can serve them hot for my family of guinea pigs at home 1st -- haha!!

I saw this btl of cinnamon sugar at Cold storage -- now craving for a doughnut to sprinkle it on or a frothy cuppa! Sigh.. miss the good ole days of Sydney with the marvellous weather, great apartment with huge oven and the "executive" feeling of living by oneself... so suitable for indulging in a cuppa and doughnut. Over there, I can be anyone.

Aye - have watched "Billy Eliot" - twice. Yup, you're right, Swan Lake was the last bit when he was all grown up and did a huge grand jete (jump) across the stage. Din realise.

What are your other 2 dance movies?? I wanna watch. The "Rhythm is it" is not in english tho.
Have watched "Honey", "You've got served" -- both more hip hop.
One of my fav is "Shall we dance" - more ballroom and "Centrestage" - ballet. Love "Centrestage"!!
"Flash Dance" - not bad as well -- it's jazz btw, so that's what I've been doing. The actress is super cool tho -- have watched her in the "L word" -- if you have les frens pls borrow from them as this series is super YUM!!

Hey talking about foreign films -- can you help me look for Cave of the Golden Rose (Fantighiro). Am trying to look for the whole series. Not sure if you remembered it -- it was cool. So magickal.


I drool... just thinking about FOOD!! LOL!!

Swan Lake

So, Swan Lake opening symphony is used in many movies/advertisments -- especially bank/watches ads. it is usually the higher end consumer goods that select the swan lake.

I suppose it is assumed that middle-upper class people tend to show more interest in classical (or at least, are obliged to dress their kids once every 3 years to force upon them the "education" of watching swan lake (usually around christmas ... and the swan lake on ice is hardly seldom)... Although swan lake doesnt have much to do with Christmas, it is often performed in the freezing months, simply because ... well think nutcracker.. == ballet houses.. If a ballet house comes, and they are performing their "usual", they might as well throw in the swan lake, since EVERYBODY likes swan lake (the beautiful piourettes, the fluffy white tutus, the tiaras...).

Back to the movies and ads. So I can't name concrete examples (of course, the swan lake exists as a movie, apparently even one with Barbie), except Billy Elliot. Which! since you are so into dance, please do watch it... it is a "dance" movie. (A year later, another dance movie appeared, recently, there was another one called ???? rhythm (with simon rattle, berliner philharmoie) -- both I have yet to watch :' ( ) In B. Elliot, the swan lake appears at the last 5 minutes of the movie... beautiful end :)

Anyway, today I brought in my SL cd, so if i hv time to rip the opening symphony, I will send it to you :)

Sing a song...

"Filiae Melioris Aevi
Daughters of a better age
United by a common goal
Filiae Melioris Aevi"

AHHHH -- song stuck in head plus image of Carmee Lim being soprano!!!
Remember to email me stuff
Like this tune & the Swanlake one as well.

Drawn specially for

my hubby dearest

who loves Swanlake :)

and who is so sad now.

Hey, why cant I add music-snippets to this?

Anyways, this is the music I listen to when I am depressed. The track I have lasts for 8 minutes, and that is all they sing in 8-9 minutes. worse than Filiae Melioris Aevi -- which I actually prefered to the (probably also 8 min long) school song.
Somehow, the sun is peaking out of the clouds, maybe I should cheer up.

(Cornelia and her son Sesto. Sesto is being taken away from his mother... (I dont remember, but for a potential execution?) )

CORNELIA E SESTO
Son nata a lagrimar
nato a sospirar,
e il dolce mio conforto,
ah, sempre piangerò.
Se il fato ci tradì,
sereno e lieto dì
mai più sperar potrò.

CORNELIA and SEXTUS
I was born to weep.
to sigh,
And I shall forever mourn
My sweet consolation.
If fate has betrayed us,
I shall never again hope for
A serene or happy day.

BUG OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Definition of being on leave : WORK FREE!!!!!!!

Means leave me the hell ALONE!
Means deal with your own SHIT at work!
Means if the schedule needs changing - either tell me way before or after I'm back.
Or swap amongst yourselves -- it's a BRAINLESS process!

I am not the company's slave
Neither am I yours
So bug off and leave me alone.

And when I say - CALL ME BACK
I mean CALL ME BACK
Unless your sms can be clearer than "Oh i'll be away then"
WTF does that mean - when is THEN!!!!!!!!

Don't frelling tempt be to say "I quit"
It's not a difficult thing.

here we are

Love is a many splendor
Love is the reason for life
Love is yours to give

Love is also confusing
heart wrenching
bitter
a knife

Love is all encompassing
fulfilling
reaching
healing

Love me, love me not...



Rose dreams are red like a new valentine
Violets are blue 'cos they're sad all the time
Daisy dreams shine, like the sun in the park
These are the flowers that bloom in your heart

My love is like a red, red rose?
My love has thorns
And aphids
My love is deep and soft like the petals.
My love is me.