Safe travels, don't die...

Please eat your greens
and don’t sit close to screens,
your eyes are a means to an end.
And I would be sorry if, due to your hurry,
you were hit by a lorry my friend.
Like you always say,
Safe travels, don’t die, don’t die,
safe travels, don’t die.
Don’t walk on ice, no matter how nice,
how sturdy, enticing it seems.
Please cross at the lights
and don’t start fires or fights and
don’t dabble in heights on caffeine.
Like you always say
Safe travels, don’t die, don’t die,
safe travels, don’t die.
Don’t swallow bleach
out on Sandymount beach,
I’m not sure I’d reach you in time my boy.
Please don’t bungee jump
or ignore a strange lump
and a gasoline pump’s not a toy.
Like you always say
Safe travels, don’t die, don’t die,
safe travels, don’t die.

Post-Laneway Depression

Now I'm in love with this man! (I love you Chrissy Baby!!)

A Celebration, sort of..

Firstly, I don't know how to feel this time, well perhaps, most of the times I never really do. But this is sort of a funny feeling kind of..probably. Hahaa I don't even know what that means.

Anyway...the answer to my current question is -well I do a lot of Q&A with the self, if you must know- and the answer is "Yes", I'm going for it (with emphasis on the word "alone" here). But what I find even funnier was, all this week I've been seeing signs all around me. Nothing big, just big enough to comfort and somehow push me in the right(??) direction. I realized I've been feeling sort of energized this month and quite weak all the same. I'm juggling with work, life and perhaps some other things that I may or may not want to share. It's this obsessions I have (look I'm sharing!) with things and it sort of a revolving thing I guess. These things, these obsessions sort of goes off and comes back all the time, so you can see how I'm juggling with obsessions as well here. And when I say obsessions, it is exactly that. I can't just let it go. I'll hold on to it till I finally get bored. And like I said, it surely will come back when it wants to.

So right now, it has a lot to do with Japan (and/or Japanese). Well, suffice to say, it sucks the life out of me, maybe chotto..just a bit cos I'm still breathing (totally harmless). But I guess, it makes me happy. And that's all I need right now.

But back to reality, the one that I'm going for alone this time is this other obsession of mine (read: GIRLS frontman; Christopher Owens). I know he hasn't been a "feature wall" in my room of late but he's still there. Somewhere in the crowded room of my fantastic wall. So I'm going to see him this weekend. And I'm gonna love his blond, dirty hair. (Not dirty blond cos it's totally blond!!).

But right now, I'm listening to Yuck singing Natsu Nandesu. It's great! They'll be playing at Laneway too. Hope I can catch them as well...

  Natsu Nandesu by Yuck

PS: Does this make you search for Happy End? Let me know if you do..hahah!

Sabishii Naa..

So, my trip to Japan went well...though I never get to see Hokkaido during winter (my not-so secret dream) invoked by my desire of a romantic Hokkaido experience; that is to ride the Hokutosei and witness the sunrise the following morning soon as the train glides from under the sea through the Seikan Tunnel...(kyaa~~)

All these, sad to say, proved hard to do during the New Year where all train trips reservations (especially to Hokkaido as the lady said "very popular place" *smiles*) should be taken weeks in advance. But fret I did not (Yoda reference?), thanks to our Kyoto and Hiroshima plan. Few of the nicest places I've ever been to.. :)

I took the above picture from our guest house in Kyoto, cutely named Bola-bola. I don't know what it is but hope that the picture speaks volume, about everything. Especially what I'm feeling right now. I really miss being in Japan...I wonder if I would ever get to take that ride. That ride that I missed. That ride that should be, The Hokutosei.... :)


p/s: I know they don't read this (nobody does heh), but if they do I just want them to know how I appreciated all of their time and efforts in making this trip the best yet for me. Thank you Nana and Adi, the truly wonderful brother-sister combo that made it all worth the while. And thank you for not complaining more about me (not to my face at least, hahah!)..you guys are the worst, eh, best! :p

3-leafed clover

So sad to be home but there's nowhere else I'd rather be right now...

The Love Bug

In the middle of January, in the middle of crises. The love bug bit.

Lost In Translation

It's hard not to feel lonely on a strange land...

Kim & Jessie

Well, I hardly do this but I'm feeling a bit generous of late...so sharing becomes the sort of "caring" for me these days..(instead of the "sharing is creepy" motto I usually go by) -- so why not.

I'm getting hooked with this song, keep listening to it over and over..here goes:

 M83 / Kim & Jessie by ShornStarMan

Just to compare, I hereby put Tokyo Police Club cover version of the same song..and just so you know, I like them both :)

Kim & Jessie (Featuring Jamie Jackson of Hot As Sun) by TokyoPoliceClub

When I'm Sixty-Four...

There comes a point in your life when you just stop accepting new acquaintances. Case in point, mine, I've recently been in a situation where I suddenly felt the need to make an acquaintance with my (would be ex) French classmates. Two beautiful, lovely people who, inconveniently, are both younger than me (much younger). I wasn't sure why I almost did it but my guesses were:

a) There are some chances that there would be some possible exchange of infos regarding anything French i.e. French Films/Music.
b) Just to be polite, you know..
c) It was a moment of reflex a.k.a. Not My Fault.

But I stopped short. Right before my voice was able to croak anything out (we were on the stairs at this point), and I thanked God I didn't. Well, let's be honest, because a) if anyone were to exchange any infos regarding French films/music, it would've been me. And b) it wouldn't be an exchange, but a kind of service. That would mean that these kids will have a free flow of my endless range of fantastic cinema from France and wouldn't half know what to do with it. That wouldn't be fair right? And c) I'm not ready for this kind of selfless act that would include my beautiful films to be shoved aside to the shelves by these beautiful people. I have my reasons for believing so. Finally, d) They would never have welcomed me in the first place as I'm sure they wouldn't want to be intimidated by this poor old soul.

And just like that, I was glad I didn't make any move. Let's face it, it's not in my nature to keep people around me for too long for fear of not being able to keep up with their wants and needs (well, I have issues). Let's just say, I'd like to keep it simple..--a matter of facts.

My Honey Bunny!!

I am soo going!

I'm so excited at the thought of this. This is going to be massive. I've been listening to Girls since back in August and was getting more and more into it after reading some interviews with the band's front-man, Christopher Owens (exciting man the more you get to know him). But that's not really it, the fact that he made some (arguably) great songs is one of the main reasons why this is a great band to follow.

After Arctic Monkeys, I have not been interested in any other bands for so long. The pop-ish sound of the band's latest album did not deter me from going deeper into the songs/album, in fact, it's the sole reason I was so into it in the first place. Since The Beatles, there have not been any significant "pop-sometimes-experimental" sound that greatly influence me in my daily musical escapism. The new album features some very haunting almost vulnerable vocal by Christopher Owens as opposed to the more affected ones in the first album. All it took was a free download of the featured track "Vomit" and I'm hooked baby.

Have a listen to this, they would make great soundtracks, don't you think?:

Girls - Lawrence by PIAS Entertainment