Thursday, August 30, 2007
I love Mandy Moore's new song, "Extraordinary".
It's from her latest album which was just released, entitled "Wild Hope".
I've loved Mandy Moore ever since she first started out with her songs "Candy" and "I wanna be with you".
I've watched all her movies to date.
I think she is someone who is the definition of gorgeous inside and out.
She is so beautiful yet so down to earth and such a sweet, nice person.
She is also so super talented - she can act so well and sing so well - she's someone I admire a lot.
She is different from the other stars in Hollywood now.
Sure she is low-key and goody-two-shoes but she's someone who is true to herself and knows what she wants - she doesn't give in to pressure - that's real to me.
Her new album is very different to her past albums - she writes her own songs in this one and the whole sound is very different - it's very easy listening and has a very happy, light feeling to it. It is moving away from the whole pop thing into more of a country/easy listening sound/feel.
A very creditable piece of work.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 8:23 PM
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Damnit. The Argentinians are bringing an all-star team to Melbourne (unfortunately I have no idea who they all are except Lionel Messi) but the Aussies are unable to because their star players (Harry Kewell & Tim Cahill) are injured. Moreover, their captain (Mark Viduka) is talking about retiring from international soccer.
Sigh. I was hoping to watch Kewell & Cahill in action. Cahill is so damn cute. Still, at least Lucas Neill will be there! And Mark Bresciano!! And Mark Schwarzer will always be there, that great big giant. And I think Michael Beauchamp is cute *lol*.
I hope it will be good. Bring it on Argentina!!!
Yinny was Joshing around @ 12:36 PM
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I don't think that I deserve this shit from people.
I don't know who I am anymore.
I'm lost.
I think I may need to leave and start afresh.
Chocolate digestives dipped in hot chocolatey Milo is soOoo good right now.
But what I'm really craving for is pork floss on buttered bread.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 11:15 PM
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Made sushi at Sang's place tonight due to popular demand *sniggers*
My mom would be proud, since it's her recipe. Wah kow why is it so bluRr.
Probably the first black and white pic I have ever taken. I like black and white pics cuz they look retro and more importantly, you can't see the imperfections of your face *lol*. That was a crazy day in the city man - but soOo super fun!! MORE!!!
Yinny was Joshing around @ 11:36 PM
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Spring is here! We've been having such gorgeous weather lately - sun high in the sky, blue skies, yet the weather is around 20*C...not too hot and not too cold. Just perfect. I love it!!
Regretfully, I'm stuck inside and can only admire the beautiful day God has made for us from the comforts of my room because I have to finish studying for my test tomorrow *grumblegrumble*.
It's ok, Josh's my study companion as always :)
Latest Joshie song I've been addicted to:
"Machine" from his latest album, Awake
Rising above tension below
Learn from the in-between
Blinded by trust, asleep to the truth
Awakened by disbelief
Somewhere I found strength in my soul
Still you refuse to see
Are you sure I'm not all right?
'Cause lately I've been feeling fine!
Every lifeline leads its own way to the heavens
But I have seen you run in circles, unforgiven
Is there anything in this world that can make you stop?!
Oh, you're a machine!
A world of your own
Hollow inside
Careful when worlds collide
I'm filling my life
With all it can hold
Carry it on with pride
Are you sure I'm not all right?
'Cause lately I've been feeling fine!
Every lifeline leads its own way to the heavens
But I have seen you run in circles, unforgiven
Is there anything in this world that can make you stop?!
Oh, you're a machine!
The sun's still above
All the rain that's coming down
And I can feel the clouds drifting away
And now the sky is open wide!
Turn the light on, you will see things so much clearer
Ohh, but there's no heart
Oh, there's no heart, and I've spent all this time feeling something you can't feel at all!
You're a machine!
Oh, you're a machine
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It has a very groovy and interesting tune to it - something that is totally different to Josh's usual singing style. And the lyrics are so true of people nowadays.
I love his album because the more I listen to it, the more I understand his music & his lyrics & I never get bored of it because it's a never-ending discovery process. Each time I listen to it there is something new in store for me. That's how all albums should be.
Josh = Best thing America's ever produced
Have a lovely day everyone!!
PS: Word of the day: "Axiomatic" = Self-evident/obvious
Yinny was Joshing around @ 11:32 AM
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
This is going to be a "what did I do to deserve this post".
But it's not going to be whiny. You'll see why.
Today I woke up grouchy & unwilling to leave the comforts of my extremely comfortable bed (like every morning) - you can understand because I have 4 pillows & 2 quilts/as they call it here, doonas. But I had to because I had lectures that I couldn't afford to miss because the lecturer refuses to put the lectures online *argh*. Anyways, I couldn't think of a better excuse than "I'm lazy" so I dragged my butt off to uni unwillingly.
I usually sit with my friend & hostelmate, Flora during this lecture. Flora and I have been classmates and hostelmates (she lives round the corner from me) for a few years now but all we've mostly talked about is work = uni = law. Flora is the most down-to-earth, hilariously funny without meaning to be, sweetest, most hardworking, cutest person that I have met to date. She is unbelievably kind hearted & possesses absolutely child-like qualities.
It all seemed like just another Thursday when she suddenly turned to me mid-way (during our 5 minute break), dropped a package into my lap & exclaimed, "Oh! I forgot to pass you this! I brought you breakfast!" I looked inside & saw a huge ass chocolate chip berry muffin staring at me - it was still warm so the aroma wafted into my nose - I was absolutely lost for words because I was so touched.
So yes, what did I deserve to have her as a friend? She is such a darling. I shall pay it forward.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:43 AM
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
It's break-up season at the moment...what's going on?
Every time a friend of mine breaks up, I feel like I'm living it vicariously through them. Geeze, that makes me broken up a lot.
Sometimes people don't think about their actions & what they say. One small word can cause a huge amount of damage.
It's a butterfly effect.
Sometimes the damage is impossible to repair. When you break a vase, even if you manage to patch it back up, the cracks still show & never go away.
It sucks seeing my friends hurt because of some stupid thing some jerk said that wasn't even true. I wish I could hurt him as much as he hurt her so that he will know how it feels.
I think it all still boils down to how much you love yourself. Because someone smart once said, "If you can't learn to love yourself, how can you expect to love others?".
If you love yourself, you wouldn't allow others to treat you like dirt, to make you feel small, to make you feel like something that you are not. I know that it's easy for me to say it but in actual fact it is so hard to do. I still think it's true though.
My mom once told me that it's a cruel world, and if you were going to wait for society to give you the affirmation you think you need/deserve, then you'd be waiting till the grave & beyond. You have to give yourself the affirmation.
It's a mental barrier so many people struggle with.
Life's a bitch, but it helps when good friends are around. Ultimately though, the strength has to come from within yourself.
What would it take for her to believe this??
Yinny was Joshing around @ 5:01 PM
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
You stepped all over my heart & didn't even know it.
Why is it so hard to let go if it's such a stupid, small thing?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 2:53 PM
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Friday, August 17, 2007
WooOOoooOOooo!! Can't wait for the Soccerroo-Argentinian clash happening on September the 11th at the MCG!!!
I'm bloody excited because...
1. In all my years here I've never been to the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) yet
2. I've never watched a soccer match live
3. I've only ever wanted to watch the Aussies and the Spanish play live
I count my blessings everyday because I get to come over here and experience things that I would never have gotten if I was stuck in Singapore (honestly no intention to offend anyone). I'm just saying that I think being able to travel (like Miss Yuanny who has like explored the world in one degree) is such a great gift.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:50 AM
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Spotted this in Coles supermarket the other day:
I bought the "Love me" one but they also had "Hug me", "Hide me" and "Want me". So cute *lol*
This is the cake that I am quite proud of, if I may say so myself.
It's a coffee cheese cake (thanks to my cousin & Angeline for the recipe) that we baked for Prasad's 21st birthday bAsh.
It looks slightly funny cuz of the inconsistent size of the strawberries, but I say it was an excellent effort on the part of all of us. Luckily it tasted as good as it looks (still can be improved but what the heck) or else I would be in trouble.
Life's sweet :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 6:17 PM
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
When you're gone~Avril Lavigne
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
All the words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do
Reminds me of you
And the clothes you left they lie on my floor
And they smell just like you I love the things that you do
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And when you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah Yeah
All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe, I need to feel you here with me
Yeah
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear will always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
Yinny was Joshing around @ 3:29 PM
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda
I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire
I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries hidden within itself the light of those
flowers, and thanks to your love, darkly in my body lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 11:44 AM
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Friday, August 10, 2007
My lecturer showed us a website that day which was uber funny...
http://www.cafepress.com/lawschooltees/517713
Unfortunately only Property law students will be able to see the funny side of this mug:
"I own Blackacre"
"Trust me...I'm almost a lawyer"
Who said lawyers had no sense of humour?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:05 PM
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I think that you are a hypocritical person who makes others think that you are oh so good on the outside and gives people the impression that you are oh so friendly with everybody but behind closed doors you are just a pathetic, lonely, dirty old B who talks about other people behind their backs instead of confronting them, you coward.
I wish you never came back because you are to blame for most of my unhappiness this year.
I know what you are trying to do to our friendships, but it will never work, because it is stronger than you think it is.
It's ok, I will be leaving soon so I'll pretend I never knew you.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 2:06 AM
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
I borrowed the 1st Harry Potter film a few days ago.
It's so strange to go back and watch Harry Potter 1 now. I still love the 1st film the best because the kids still look so cute and that's the biggest part that Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) has in all the movies. I also miss the old Dumbledore because he really fitted the role to a tee.
I think the effects were the best and the feel of the whole movie was very magical. The script was very well written as well. One of the best movies I've ever watched and probably the only one that I've watched again and again and again and again like a hundred times (I'm not kidding).
I can even memorise the lines till this day. Should really use my memory where it matters instead.
*sigh* Oliver can keep my goal anyday.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:54 PM
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Fernando Torres just did a Nike ad - he is so sOoper hawt
I love Torres
I love Nike
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:57 AM
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I don't understand why.
Why when my really good friend has now got a boyfriend, I'm like a victim of their relationship.
Well, people see it that way.
I'm very happy for her the same way that she was happy for me when I was once attached. I don't think our friendship has changed (just that sometimes I dun wanna be lightbulb so I dun usually like hanging with them alone).
I get more and more people coming up to me giving me pathetic looks and saying things like, "You so poor thing. She's with her bf and you are so lonely."
WTF?!?!!?
So you mean I have no life without her??
I feel frustrated that people see it that way. Like my existence depends on her. Like who I am depends on her.
I must be a really boring person without her.
Cuz without her I'm supposed to be lost.
I can't understand it.
But no one understands how I feel.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 7:50 PM
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I've just recently fallen in love with Josh Groban's "When you say you love me" - The lyrics are so beautiful *sigh*
Like the sound of silence calling,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream.
Like the echoes of our souls are meeting,
You say those words and my heart stops beating.
I wonder what it means.
What could it be that comes over me?
At times I can't move.
At times I can hardly breathe.
When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
For a moment, there's no one else alive
You're the one I've always thought of.
I don't know how, but I feel sheltered in your love.
You're where I belong.
And when you're with me if I close my eyes,
There are times I swear I feel like I can fly
For a moment in time.
Somewhere between the Heavens and Earth ,
And frozen in time, Oh when you say those words.
When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
For a moment, there's no one else alive
And this journey that we're on.
How far we've come and I celebrate every moment.
And when you say you love me,
That's all you have to say.
I'll always feel this way.
When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
In that moment, I know why I'm alive
When you say you love me.
When you say you love me.
Do you know how I love you?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 6:02 PM
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