Month: May 2007

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept

Last sunday, I read By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept. After reading it, I had this feeling that words can’t quite convey how beautiful the story is. I don’t know if it was just me, or the sun, or the weather but I really found it to be beautiful story. I’m really glad I read it.

It is the story of two childhood friends’ journey of discovery: discovering themselves, discovering each other, discovering their roles in this world. There may be too much religious references for some but that is just the background of the story.

Friday I’m In Love

by The Cure

I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate…

I don’t care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday – heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday – watch the walls instead
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate…

Dressed up to the eyes
It’s a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It’s such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It’s Friday, I’m in love

I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love

Lazy Afternoon

It’s my brother James’ birthday today. To celebrate, we hung out with our friend Drawde at his pad. Another friend Jem dropped by later. We did nothing but ate, napped, watch TV, and Xboxed the whole afternoon. It sure was fun and relaxing being with friends and not having a care in the world.

It’s also Mothers’ Day. Happy Mothers’ Day to the first lady in our lives!

Formula 1 Singapore

Got a heads up from Melvin that Formula 1 is coming to Singapore in 2008:

Singapore will host a Formula One race in 2008, and it may be a night race, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S. Iswaran told press conference today.

He said Singapore has won the right to host the race for five years, with option to extend for another five years, and it expects annual tourism receipts from the event of about S$100 million.

The rights were secured by Singapore property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who has been leading the charge to bring the F1 race here.

The first race will take place in September or early October next year in a street circuit around Marina Centre, said the beaming minister, and it could “potentially” be the world’s first night race, but organisers are still looking at safety issues.

“A night race will be unique, different and allow the Singapore event to reach out to television audiences in Asia, Europe and the US. Safety is of paramount concern to all of us,” said Mr Iswaran. Therefore, we will proceed with a night race only if the safety and operational requirements of all parties including the FIA, FOA and Formula 1 teams are fully met. If not, we will revert to a day race.”

Looks like it’s time to plan a trip to Singapore. More here.

Big Brother, Big Sister

Ike told me that Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) Project to which he is affiliated with are now accepting donations for their next project. BBBS is a group of mountaineers who climb up to remote mountain settlements and bring much-needed school supplies to the children there. More here.