Diary of a Flounderer...

Hot!!!!!! Amite!

So the King of Pop has left us...
And what an apt tribute it is for the Queen of Pop to pay homage to the King.

Rest in Peace, Mr Jackson.

I sooooo love this song...

So i visited my mom in the hospital over the weekend. 
She was confined in the isolation ward with high fever days after returning from her vacation. 

Fortunately, turned out it was'nt H1N1.

And she got a really nice comfy ward because she was a suspected case and i heard they showered those suspected patients with really hospitable service.  Hospitable service in the hospital, how ironic.  Hehehehe...

Anyway, mommy is discharged today, and all's back to normalcy. 

You hear about H1N1 day in day out, and to actually be in such close proximity to the ongoings, and to witness the chaos at the hospital really hits home the intensity and unpredictability of the situation.

I'm just glad things ended well for us this time round.....

A-mei is back with a new album!

Her new album titled "Amite" ("阿密特" - the indigenous Peinan tribe name 阿密特 is A-Mei's personal native name) is released in four different versions. There will be a different version for these four areas - Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / Spore+Malaysia.

According to reports, the Taiwan album version should contain the most original and accurate attitude that Ah Mei wishes to portray with her Amite alter-ego as her recording company feels that the Taiwanese's general level of acceptance of all types of music is very high.

The HK version would have a few of the mandarin tracks recorded as Canto tracks.

And in Singapore, I heard they have censored quite a few songs from the album.

I am soooooo going to buy the album when i'm in HK next month!!!

 

Back in Jan this year I wrote a blog entry  Forget the Stuff  You Can't Change and in that entry I said "Forget the stuff you can’t change.  That will be my ethos for the year ahead and beyond!"

Little did i realise, not long after writing that entry, i totally forgotten about the ethos i promised myself. 

Today while watching telly I was once again reminded of this.  And I'm glad it did.

I have to say, mentally and emotionally, the past months had been much to be desired.  The Taipei trip triggered many things, and it set me on a self reflecting journey.  And the more i reflected, the more i got bogged down. I became so determined in setting things right, everything affected me, I felt I was tip toeing in life after that, constantly questioning if i'm doing or not doing things that is purposeful to life, whether have I taken the right path, whether my decisions on certain things are grounded...bla bla bla....

Its exhausting..... to say the least.
And I'm not saying this constant questioning and reflection is not a good thing.

But when you get bogged down with all these things, many of which you can't control, it affects you in negative ways.

I think I think too much.  No...I KNOW i think too much.  And i get affected by things that are beyond me. 

Understand things that are beyond control and letting go.
Let go.  Just let go.

I need to consciously remind myself from now on.  I must.

 

So today, i took a day off from work and stayed home.  I was lazin' around and decided I wanted to watch the movie that I've wanted to watch but didn't got round doing it.  So I turned on my MacBook, logged on to the world wide web and wala....I was watching "He's Just Not That Into You".

I must say, the movie has a very very witty script, and how the characters are intertwined to form a flawless piece, made the whole film highly captivating.  After watching the movie, it reaffirms my believe that life can be simple, but humans complicate things.  

(Well, humans are complex creatures to start with)

I especially liked the protagonist GiGi. i find her utterly hopeful, and unimaginably resilient even after umpteen servings of emotional wreckage.  Her hopeless romantic notions even though may seem deplorably silly at times, appealed to me and I hate to say it but i find this "I want my happy ending" cliche....well, sweet, and well..... admirable.  

I have too much pragmatism in me to be like her, maybe that's something i need to work on.  Maybe all of us need our third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love.  There is alot to think about.  Love, life, and the complexities of it all. 

Such a beautifully scripted film, I especially love the ending narration that went like this:


"Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope."



Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on.   I like that.

It took her so long to come up with this album after winning the contest last year.
It just goes to show some things are worth the wait。 

失落沙洲 is such a mesmerising song....

Waseh, lately the Koreans are making really kick ass music and stylo music videos to boot.
When did i become so kimchi loving....tsk! Can't help it, their music so infectious lately!

I quite like this song. And she finally cut her hair back to the short do, she looks much much better.....Penny's back!

Tooo toooo toooo toooo toooo toooo

This song is so groovy can! The mv is so stylo also.....

Aenyohaseyo!! Kam sa hamida!! Sarang haeyo!!! Okie, thats all the korean I know....hehehhee..

I am so going to buy his new album!!
ROCK!!!!!!! 我决定每天都要吃早餐！！！！

ROCK!!!!